malt house supervisortodistillery supervisor
A malt house supervisor already meets 37% of what the distillery supervisor role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.
37%
70.2/ 100
1 Share of the distillery supervisor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the malt house supervisor 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 this move works
A distillery supervisor role treats 10 of its required skills as things a malt house supervisor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply GMP
- apply HACCP
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- ensure safety in the production area
- follow production schedule
- manage staff
What stands in the way is 18 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A distillery supervisor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a malt house supervisor background worth leading with.
- already held ensure safety in the production area assisting and caring
- already held supervise crew management skills
- already held adapt efficient food processing practices information skills
- already held mitigate waste of resources management skills
- already held temperature scales natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held analyse work-related written reports information skills
All 17 carried skills, including the 10 the distillery supervisor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 27 missing skills fall into 6 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.
- required, not held blend beverages required
- required, not held execute proofs of alcohol mixture required
- required, not held mix spirit flavourings according to recipe required
- required, not held prepare containers for beverage distillation required
- required, not held rectify spirits required
- optional, not held handle delivery of raw materials optional
- required, not held inspect insects in whole grain required
- required, not held measure the strength of distillation required
- required, not held keep inventory of goods in production required
- required, not held measure pH required
- optional, not held interpret data in food manufacturing optional
- optional, not held control of expenses optional
- optional, not held develop financial statistics reports optional
- optional, not held maintain updated professional knowledge optional
- required, not held appropriate raw materials for specific spirits required
- required, not held food and beverage industry required
- required, not held range of spirits required
- required, not held spirits development required
- optional, not held processes of foods and beverages manufacturing optional
- required, not held comply with spirit taxation regulations required
- required, not held take measures against flammability required
- optional, not held attend to detail in preparation for audits optional
- optional, not held manage environmental management system optional
- required, not held measure density of liquids required
- required, not held operate distilling equipment required
- required, not held manage food manufacturing laboratory required
- optional, not held recruit employees optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a distillery supervisor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 comply with spirit taxation regulations skill · occupation specific
- 02 appropriate raw materials for specific spirits knowledge · sector specific
- 03 blend beverages skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 17 skills that carry over
- already held apply GMP skill
- already held apply HACCP skill
- already held apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages skill
- already held ensure safety in the production area skill
- already held follow production schedule skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held mitigate waste of resources skill
- already held quality assurance methodologies knowledge
- already held supervise crew skill
- already held temperature scales knowledge
- already held adapt efficient food processing practices skill
- already held analyse production processes for improvement skill
- already held analyse work-related written reports skill
- already held have computer literacy skill
- already held liaise with colleagues skill
- already held liaise with managers skill
- already held write work-related reports skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held handle delivery of raw materials optional
- optional, not held interpret data in food manufacturing optional
- optional, not held processes of foods and beverages manufacturing optional
- optional, not held attend to detail in preparation for audits optional
- optional, not held control of expenses optional
- optional, not held develop financial statistics reports optional
- optional, not held maintain updated professional knowledge optional
- optional, not held manage environmental management system optional
- optional, not held recruit employees optional
15 held skills the distillery supervisor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assess cereal quality for brewing skill
- not needed by the target role carry out checks of production plant equipment skill
- not needed by the target role colours of roasted malt knowledge
- not needed by the target role control gas-fired furnace for malt roasting skill
- not needed by the target role examine production samples skill
- not needed by the target role financial capability knowledge
- not needed by the target role give instructions to staff skill
- not needed by the target role handle flammable substances skill
- not needed by the target role inspect silo systems skill
- not needed by the target role malt grains skill
- not needed by the target role malting process knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate malt intake systems skill
- not needed by the target role record malting cycle data skill
- not needed by the target role roast malt skill
- not needed by the target role types of barley knowledge
5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held appropriate raw materials for specific spirits required
- required, not held food and beverage industry required
- required, not held range of spirits required
- required, not held spirits development required
- optional, not held processes of foods and beverages manufacturing optional
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.