Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

food safety specialisttofood grader

A food safety specialist already meets 15% of what the food grader role asks for. The move turns on 25 required skills not yet in the profile.

From food safety specialist
15%
Overlap1
To food grader
6 Skills carried over
25 Required, not held
86.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

15%

Learning distance A rebuild

86.7/ 100

1 Share of the food grader role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the food safety specialist profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A food grader role treats 5 of its required skills as things a food safety specialist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • ensure correct goods labelling
  • food authentication techniques
  • food legislation
  • food preservation
  • food storage

What stands in the way is 25 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A food grader role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a food safety specialist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held food authentication techniques engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held food preservation engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held food legislation engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held analyse samples of food and beverages information skills
  • already held food storage engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held ensure correct goods labelling information skills

All 6 carried skills, including the 5 the food grader role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 38 missing skills fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 engineering, manufacturing and construction 7 required
  • required, not held food and beverage industry required
  • required, not held food materials required
  • required, not held food product ingredients required
  • required, not held food science required
  • required, not held functional properties of foods required
  • required, not held processes of foods and beverages manufacturing required
  • required, not held risks associated to physical, chemical, biological hazards in food and beverages required
02 information skills 5 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held assess quality characteristics of food products required
  • required, not held perform food risk analysis required
  • required, not held perform food safety checks required
  • required, not held keep up-to-date with regulations required
  • required, not held perform sensory evaluation of food products required
  • optional, not held exert quality control to processing food optional
  • optional, not held keep up with innovations in food manufacturing optional
  • optional, not held measure precise food processing operations optional
  • optional, not held apply scientific methods optional
  • optional, not held identify hazards in the workplace optional
03 management skills 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held manage time in food processing operations required
  • required, not held work independently in service of a food production process required
  • required, not held perform quality audits required
  • optional, not held develop standard operating procedures in the food chain optional
04 assisting and caring 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages required
  • required, not held identify nutritional properties of food required
  • optional, not held follow hygienic procedures during food processing optional
05 business, administration and law 2 required
  • required, not held legislation about animal origin products required
  • required, not held quality assurance methodologies required
06 handling and moving 2 required
  • required, not held grade foods required
  • required, not held store raw food materials required

4 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a food grader role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 6 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held ensure correct goods labelling skill
  • already held food authentication techniques knowledge
  • already held food legislation knowledge
  • already held food preservation knowledge
  • already held food storage knowledge
  • already held analyse samples of food and beverages skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 services 2 required
  • required, not held food safety principles required
  • required, not held food safety standards required
08 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held work in a food processing team required
  • optional, not held advice food processing professionals optional
  • optional, not held advise on food preservation optional
  • optional, not held handle communications in the food processing industry optional
  • optional, not held provide food labelling expertise optional
  • optional, not held write work-related reports optional
09 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held prepare visual data required
10 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform detailed food processing operations optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held advice food processing professionals optional
  • optional, not held advise on food preservation optional
  • optional, not held develop standard operating procedures in the food chain optional
  • optional, not held exert quality control to processing food optional
  • optional, not held handle communications in the food processing industry optional
  • optional, not held keep up with innovations in food manufacturing optional
  • optional, not held measure precise food processing operations optional
  • optional, not held perform detailed food processing operations optional
  • optional, not held provide food labelling expertise optional
  • optional, not held apply scientific methods optional
  • optional, not held follow hygienic procedures during food processing optional
  • optional, not held identify hazards in the workplace optional
  • optional, not held write work-related reports optional
22 held skills the food grader role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role audit food safety procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role cold chain knowledge
  • not needed by the target role control food safety regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role develop food policy skill
  • not needed by the target role develop food safety programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate retail food inspection findings skill
  • not needed by the target role food fraud knowledge
  • not needed by the target role food homogenisation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role food policy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role general principles of food law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role infections in food knowledge
  • not needed by the target role investigate complaints related to consumer protection skill
  • not needed by the target role keep task records skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain personal hygiene standards skill
  • not needed by the target role management systems standards knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor packaging operations skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor sugar uniformity skill
  • not needed by the target role plan inspections for prevention of sanitation violations skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare reports on sanitation skill
  • not needed by the target role take action on food safety violations skill
  • not needed by the target role train employees skill
  • not needed by the target role use instruments for food measurement skill
11 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held food and beverage industry required
  • required, not held food materials required
  • required, not held food product ingredients required
  • required, not held food safety principles required
  • required, not held food safety standards required
  • required, not held food science required
  • required, not held functional properties of foods required
  • required, not held legislation about animal origin products required
  • required, not held processes of foods and beverages manufacturing required
  • required, not held risks associated to physical, chemical, biological hazards in food and beverages required
  • required, not held quality assurance methodologies required
Index

Other moves recorded from food safety specialist

Full index of moves from food safety specialist

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.