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

leaf sortertocuring room worker

A leaf sorter already meets 46% of what the curing room worker role asks for. The move turns on 17 required skills not yet in the profile.

From leaf sorter
46%
Overlap1
To curing room worker
20 Skills carried over
17 Required, not held
63.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

46%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

63.5/ 100

1 Share of the curing room worker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the leaf sorter 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 curing room worker role treats 14 of its required skills as things a leaf sorter already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply GMP
  • apply HACCP
  • apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
  • assess nicotine levels in tobacco leaves
  • assess sugar levels in tobacco leaves
  • assess the colour curing of tobacco leaves

What stands in the way is 17 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 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A curing room worker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a leaf sorter background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held assess sugar levels in tobacco leaves information skills
  • already held blend tobacco leaves handling and moving
  • already held sort tobacco leaves handling and moving
  • already held manufacturing of smokeless tobacco products engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held assess nicotine levels in tobacco leaves information skills
  • already held assess the colour curing of tobacco leaves information skills

All 20 carried skills, including the 14 the curing room worker role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 23 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 handling and moving 12 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held air-cure tobacco required
  • required, not held assess fermentation levels of tobacco leaves required
  • required, not held cure tobacco leaves required
  • required, not held cut tobacco leaves required
  • required, not held dry tobacco leaves required
  • required, not held ferment stacks of tobacco leaves required
  • required, not held flavour tobacco leaves required
  • required, not held flue-cure tobacco required
  • required, not held perform tobacco leaves conditioning required
  • required, not held pre-blend tobacco leaves required
  • required, not held sun-cure tobacco required
  • required, not held tie tobacco leaves in hands required
  • optional, not held perform cleaning duties optional
02 management skills 2 required
  • required, not held be at ease in unsafe environments required
  • required, not held follow production schedule required
03 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required
  • required, not held operate tobacco drying technology required
  • required, not held perform kiln fermentation of tobacco leaves required
04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held fermentation process of tobacco leaves required
05 assisting and caring 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held carry out environmental audits optional
  • optional, not held follow hygienic procedures during food processing optional
06 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a curing room worker 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 20 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 assess nicotine levels in tobacco leaves skill
  • already held assess sugar levels in tobacco leaves skill
  • already held assess the colour curing of tobacco leaves skill
  • already held blend tobacco leaves skill
  • already held curing methods for tobacco leaves knowledge
  • already held history of tobacco knowledge
  • already held manufacturing of smoked tobacco products knowledge
  • already held manufacturing of smokeless tobacco products knowledge
  • already held quality prototype of a tobacco leaf knowledge
  • already held sort tobacco leaves skill
  • already held variety of tobacco leaves knowledge
  • already held act reliably skill
  • already held determine shreds sizes percentage in cigarettes skill
  • already held liaise with colleagues skill
  • already held liaise with managers skill
  • already held tobacco products knowledge
  • already held work in a food processing team skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held carry out checks of production plant equipment optional
08 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held monitor processing conditions optional
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held carry out checks of production plant equipment optional
  • optional, not held carry out environmental audits optional
  • optional, not held follow hygienic procedures during food processing optional
  • optional, not held monitor processing conditions optional
  • optional, not held perform cleaning duties optional
  • optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
9 held skills the curing room worker role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role assure quality of tobacco leaves skill
  • not needed by the target role check quality of products on the production line skill
  • not needed by the target role collect samples for analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role exert quality control to processing food skill
  • not needed by the target role grade tobacco leaves skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain updated professional knowledge skill
  • not needed by the target role manufacturing of by-products from tobacco knowledge
  • not needed by the target role mark differences in colours skill
  • not needed by the target role perform sensory evaluation of food products skill
1 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 fermentation process of tobacco leaves required
Index

Other moves recorded from leaf sorter

Full index of moves from leaf sorter

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.