master coffee roastertogreen coffee buyer
A master coffee roaster already meets 60% of what the green coffee buyer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
60%
44/ 100
1 Share of the green coffee buyer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the master coffee roaster 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 green coffee buyer role treats 13 of its required skills as things a master coffee roaster already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply GMP
- apply HACCP
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- coffee characteristics
- coffee grinding levels
- conduct extensive international travel
What stands in the way is 7 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 18 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 master coffee roaster background worth leading with.
- already held coffee characteristics engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held coffee grinding levels engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held evaluate coffee characteristics information skills
- already held examine green coffee beans information skills
- already held match coffee grind to coffee type working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held conduct extensive international travel communication, collaboration and creativity
All 18 carried skills, including the 13 the green coffee buyer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 15 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 carry out active selling required
- required, not held build business relationships 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 work in a food processing team optional
- optional, not held perform public relations optional
- 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
- required, not held effects of pesticides in food raw materials required
- optional, not held give humanitarian support to local economies optional
- optional, not held customer service optional
- optional, not held label samples optional
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.
- 01 carry out active selling skill · sector specific
- 02 effects of pesticides in food raw materials knowledge · sector specific
- 03 analyse consumer buying trends skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 18 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 coffee characteristics knowledge
- already held coffee grinding levels knowledge
- already held conduct extensive international travel skill
- already held educate customers on coffee varieties skill
- already held evaluate coffee characteristics skill
- already held examine green coffee beans skill
- already held food and beverage industry knowledge
- already held grade coffee beans skill
- already held match coffee grind to coffee type skill
- already held types of coffee beans knowledge
- already held apply foreign language for international trade skill
- already held have computer literacy skill
- already held liaise with colleagues skill
- already held liaise with managers skill
- already held perform coffee tastings skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- 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 work in a food processing team optional
- optional, not held perform public relations optional
18 held skills the green coffee buyer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply different roasting methods skill
- not needed by the target role assess quality characteristics of food products skill
- not needed by the target role colour ranges of roasting knowledge
- not needed by the target role control of expenses skill
- not needed by the target role create new recipes skill
- not needed by the target role ensure public safety and security skill
- not needed by the target role handle flammable substances skill
- not needed by the target role identify market niches skill
- not needed by the target role maintain industrial ovens skill
- not needed by the target role manage kiln ventilation skill
- not needed by the target role mill operations knowledge
- not needed by the target role mitigate waste of resources skill
- not needed by the target role monitor roasting skill
- not needed by the target role operate a heat treatment process skill
- not needed by the target role perform sensory evaluation of food products skill
- not needed by the target role perform services in a flexible manner skill
- not needed by the target role prepare hot drinks skill
- not needed by the target role roasting coffee knowledge
2 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 effects of pesticides in food raw materials required
- optional, not held customer service 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.