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

packaging and filling machine operatortocanning and bottling line operator

A packaging and filling machine operator already meets 49% of what the canning and bottling line operator role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From packaging and filling machine operator
49%
Overlap1
To canning and bottling line operator
16 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
56.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

49%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

56.4/ 100

1 Share of the canning and bottling line operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the packaging and filling machine operator 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 canning and bottling line operator role treats 11 of its required skills as things a packaging and filling machine operator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply GMP
  • apply HACCP
  • apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
  • check quality of products on the production line
  • clean food and beverage machinery
  • dispose non-food waste within the food industry

What stands in the way is 10 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 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A canning and bottling line operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a packaging and filling machine operator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held operate vacuum machines handling and moving
  • already held dispose non-food waste within the food industry handling and moving
  • already held work in conveyor belts in food manufacturing working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held label foodstuffs handling and moving
  • already held tend packaging machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held operate automated process control working with machinery and specialised equipment

All 16 carried skills, including the 11 the canning and bottling line operator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 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 information skills 4 required
  • required, not held detect flaws in bottles required
  • required, not held exert quality control to processing food required
  • required, not held measure precise food processing operations required
  • required, not held apply numeracy skills required
02 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held tend canning machine required
  • required, not held operate forklift required
  • optional, not held manage carbonation levels optional
  • optional, not held monitor filling machines optional
  • optional, not held tend bottle-washing machine optional
03 handling and moving 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held check bottles for packaging required
  • required, not held assist bottling required
  • optional, not held lift heavy weights optional
04 constructing 1 required
  • required, not held carry out checks of production plant equipment required
05 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held carbonation techniques required
06 management skills 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held make critical decisions regarding the processing of food optional
  • optional, not held manage challenging work conditions during food processing operations optional
  • optional, not held work independently in service of a food production process optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a canning and bottling line operator 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 16 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 check quality of products on the production line skill
  • already held clean food and beverage machinery skill
  • already held dispose non-food waste within the food industry skill
  • already held follow hygienic procedures during food processing skill
  • already held handle chemical cleaning agents skill
  • already held operate automated process control skill
  • already held tend packaging machines skill
  • already held work in conveyor belts in food manufacturing skill
  • already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production skill
  • already held health, safety and hygiene legislation knowledge
  • already held label foodstuffs skill
  • already held label samples skill
  • already held operate vacuum machines skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held work in a food processing team optional
  • optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
08 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held cleaning of reusable packaging optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held make critical decisions regarding the processing of food optional
  • optional, not held cleaning of reusable packaging optional
  • optional, not held manage carbonation levels optional
  • optional, not held manage challenging work conditions during food processing operations optional
  • optional, not held monitor filling machines optional
  • optional, not held tend bottle-washing machine optional
  • optional, not held work in a food processing team optional
  • optional, not held work independently in service of a food production process optional
  • optional, not held lift heavy weights optional
  • optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
16 held skills the canning and bottling line operator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adhere to organisational guidelines skill
  • not needed by the target role be at ease in unsafe environments skill
  • not needed by the target role comply with regulations related to export in different countries skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure correct goods labelling skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure quality control in packaging skill
  • not needed by the target role execute working instructions skill
  • not needed by the target role food storage knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify the factors causing changes in food during storage skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor machine operations skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor packaging operations skill
  • not needed by the target role numerical sequences knowledge
  • not needed by the target role operate package processing equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate weighing machine skill
  • not needed by the target role perform carbonation processes skill
  • not needed by the target role pump products skill
  • not needed by the target role stack goods skill
2 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 carbonation techniques required
  • optional, not held cleaning of reusable packaging 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.