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

green coffee coordinatortogreen coffee buyer

A green coffee coordinator already meets 34% of what the green coffee buyer role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From green coffee coordinator
34%
Overlap1
To green coffee buyer
11 Skills carried over
13 Required, not held
66.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

34%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

66.9/ 100

1 Share of the green coffee buyer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the green coffee coordinator 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 green coffee buyer role treats 7 of its required skills as things a green coffee coordinator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply GMP
  • apply HACCP
  • apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
  • effects of pesticides in food raw materials
  • examine green coffee beans
  • food and beverage industry

What stands in the way is 13 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 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A green coffee buyer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a green coffee coordinator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held examine green coffee beans information skills
  • already held grade coffee beans information skills
  • already held perform coffee tastings information skills
  • already held effects of pesticides in food raw materials engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held food and beverage industry engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held work in a food processing team communication, collaboration and creativity

All 11 carried skills, including the 7 the green coffee buyer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 22 missing skills fall into 8 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 6 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held carry out active selling required
  • required, not held educate customers on coffee varieties required
  • required, not held build business relationships required
  • required, not held conduct extensive international travel required
  • required, not held negotiate buying conditions required
  • required, not held negotiate price required
  • optional, not held maintain relationship with customers optional
  • optional, not held maintain relationship with suppliers optional
  • optional, not held apply foreign language for international trade optional
  • optional, not held perform public relations optional
02 information skills 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held evaluate coffee characteristics required
  • required, not held analyse consumer buying trends required
  • required, not held maintain updated professional knowledge required
  • optional, not held analyse characteristics of food products at reception optional
03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 3 required
  • required, not held coffee grinding levels required
  • required, not held types of coffee beans required
  • required, not held coffee characteristics required
04 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held match coffee grind to coffee type required
05 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held give humanitarian support to local economies optional
06 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held customer service optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a green coffee buyer 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 11 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply GMP skill
  • already held apply HACCP skill
  • already held apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages skill
  • already held effects of pesticides in food raw materials knowledge
  • already held examine green coffee beans skill
  • already held food and beverage industry knowledge
  • already held grade coffee beans skill
  • already held liaise with colleagues skill
  • already held liaise with managers skill
  • already held perform coffee tastings skill
  • already held work in a food processing team skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held label samples optional
08 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held have computer literacy optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held give humanitarian support to local economies optional
  • optional, not held analyse characteristics of food products at reception optional
  • optional, not held customer service optional
  • optional, not held label samples optional
  • optional, not held maintain relationship with customers optional
  • optional, not held maintain relationship with suppliers optional
  • optional, not held apply foreign language for international trade optional
  • optional, not held have computer literacy optional
  • optional, not held perform public relations optional
12 held skills the green coffee buyer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse trends in the food and beverage industries skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct coffee moisture tests skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure public safety and security skill
  • not needed by the target role enter receipt of coffee inventory skill
  • not needed by the target role keep inventory of goods in production skill
  • not needed by the target role lift heavy weights skill
  • not needed by the target role mark differences in colours skill
  • not needed by the target role mix grain according to recipe skill
  • not needed by the target role quality assurance methodologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role store raw food materials skill
  • not needed by the target role support management of raw materials skill
  • not needed by the target role track coffee deliveries skill
4 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 coffee grinding levels required
  • required, not held types of coffee beans required
  • required, not held coffee characteristics required
  • optional, not held customer service optional
Index
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.