meat cuttertofish trimmer
A meat cutter already meets 62% of what the fish trimmer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
62%
41.1/ 100
1 Share of the fish trimmer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the meat cutter 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 fish trimmer role treats 10 of its required skills as things a meat cutter already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply GMP
- apply HACCP
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- clean the trimming box
- ensure sanitation
- execute chilling processes to food products
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 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A fish trimmer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a meat cutter background worth leading with.
- already held clean the trimming box handling and moving
- already held tolerate strong smells assisting and caring
- already held maintain cutting equipment constructing
- already held legislation about animal origin products business, administration and law
- already held execute chilling processes to food products working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held mark differences in colours handling and moving
All 17 carried skills, including the 10 the fish trimmer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 9 missing skills fall into 2 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 clean food and beverage machinery required
- required, not held package fish required
- required, not held remove parts of fish required
- required, not held use food cutting tools required
- required, not held wash gutted fish required
- optional, not held preserve fish products optional
- required, not held slice fish required
- required, not held comply with food safety and hygiene required
- optional, not held care for food aesthetic optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a fish trimmer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 clean food and beverage machinery skill · sector specific
- 02 package fish skill · sector specific
- 03 remove parts of fish 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 clean the trimming box skill
- already held ensure sanitation skill
- already held execute chilling processes to food products skill
- already held lift heavy weights skill
- already held maintain cutting equipment skill
- already held mark differences in colours skill
- already held tolerate strong smells skill
- already held act reliably skill
- already held dispose food waste skill
- already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production skill
- already held follow hygienic procedures during food processing skill
- already held legislation about animal origin products knowledge
- already held liaise with colleagues skill
- already held liaise with managers skill
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held preserve fish products optional
- optional, not held care for food aesthetic optional
28 held skills the fish trimmer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adapt efficient food processing practices skill
- not needed by the target role animal anatomy for food production knowledge
- not needed by the target role consider economic criteria in decision making skill
- not needed by the target role cope with blood skill
- not needed by the target role cultural practices regarding animal parts sorting knowledge
- not needed by the target role cultural practices regarding animal slaughter knowledge
- not needed by the target role documentation concerning meat production knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure refrigeration of food in the supply chain skill
- not needed by the target role food storage knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle knives for cutting activities skill
- not needed by the target role handle knives for meat processing activities skill
- not needed by the target role handle meat processing equipment in cooling rooms skill
- not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
- not needed by the target role manage challenging work conditions during food processing operations skill
- not needed by the target role monitor temperature in manufacturing process of food and beverages skill
- not needed by the target role operate cutting equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate metal contaminants detector skill
- not needed by the target role operate weighing machine skill
- not needed by the target role process livestock organs skill
- not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
- not needed by the target role slaughter animals skill
- not needed by the target role sort cut parts of carcasses inside cooling compartments skill
- not needed by the target role split animal carcasses skill
- not needed by the target role tend meat processing production machines skill
- not needed by the target role trace meat products skill
- not needed by the target role use cutting equipment skill
- not needed by the target role weigh parts of animal carcasses skill
- not needed by the target role work in cold environments skill
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.