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

packaging and filling machine operatortocarbonation operator

A packaging and filling machine operator already meets 47% of what the carbonation operator role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From packaging and filling machine operator
47%
Overlap1
To carbonation operator
10 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
53.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

47%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

53.5/ 100

1 Share of the carbonation 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 carbonation operator role treats 7 of its required skills as things a packaging and filling machine operator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • adhere to organisational guidelines
  • apply GMP
  • apply HACCP
  • apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
  • be at ease in unsafe environments
  • clean food and beverage machinery

What stands in the way is 5 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A carbonation 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 perform carbonation processes working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held clean food and beverage machinery handling and moving
  • already held be at ease in unsafe environments management skills
  • already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production assisting and caring
  • already held health, safety and hygiene legislation services
  • already held label samples handling and moving

All 10 carried skills, including the 7 the carbonation operator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 missing skills fall into 7 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 working with machinery and specialised equipment 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held tend bottle cork machine required
  • required, not held manage carbonation levels required
  • required, not held tend beverage gasifier equipment required
  • optional, not held execute chilling processes to food products optional
  • optional, not held monitor centrifugal separators optional
  • optional, not held monitor filling machines optional
02 handling and moving 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held check bottles for packaging required
  • optional, not held dispose food waste optional
03 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held carbonation techniques required
04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held biochemical processes of cider production optional
  • optional, not held fermentation processes of beverages optional
  • optional, not held processes of foods and beverages manufacturing optional
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held liaise with colleagues optional
  • optional, not held liaise with managers optional
06 constructing 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held keep machines oiled for steady functioning optional
  • optional, not held carry out checks of production plant equipment optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a carbonation 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 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
  • already held apply GMP skill
  • already held apply HACCP skill
  • already held apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages skill
  • already held be at ease in unsafe environments skill
  • already held clean food and beverage machinery skill
  • already held perform carbonation processes skill
  • already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production skill
  • already held health, safety and hygiene legislation knowledge
  • already held label samples skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held detect flaws in bottles optional
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held biochemical processes of cider production optional
  • optional, not held detect flaws in bottles optional
  • optional, not held dispose food waste optional
  • optional, not held execute chilling processes to food products optional
  • optional, not held fermentation processes of beverages optional
  • optional, not held keep machines oiled for steady functioning optional
  • optional, not held monitor centrifugal separators optional
  • optional, not held monitor filling machines optional
  • optional, not held processes of foods and beverages manufacturing optional
  • optional, not held carry out checks of production plant equipment optional
  • optional, not held liaise with colleagues optional
  • optional, not held liaise with managers optional
22 held skills the carbonation operator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role check quality of products on the production line skill
  • not needed by the target role comply with regulations related to export in different countries skill
  • not needed by the target role dispose non-food waste within the food industry 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 follow hygienic procedures during food processing skill
  • not needed by the target role food storage knowledge
  • not needed by the target role handle chemical cleaning agents skill
  • not needed by the target role identify the factors causing changes in food during storage skill
  • not needed by the target role label foodstuffs 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 automated process control skill
  • not needed by the target role operate package processing equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate vacuum machines skill
  • not needed by the target role operate weighing machine skill
  • not needed by the target role pump products skill
  • not needed by the target role stack goods skill
  • not needed by the target role tend packaging machines skill
  • not needed by the target role work in conveyor belts in food manufacturing skill
4 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 biochemical processes of cider production optional
  • optional, not held fermentation processes of beverages optional
  • optional, not held processes of foods and beverages manufacturing 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.