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

quick service restaurant crew membertogrill cook

A quick service restaurant crew member already meets 29% of what the grill cook role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From quick service restaurant crew member
29%
Overlap1
To grill cook
8 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
69.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

29%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

69.3/ 100

1 Share of the grill cook role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the quick service restaurant crew member 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 grill cook role treats 5 of its required skills as things a quick service restaurant crew member already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • comply with food safety and hygiene
  • receive kitchen supplies
  • use cooking techniques
  • use reheating techniques
  • work in a hospitality team

What stands in the way is 9 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A grill cook role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a quick service restaurant crew member background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held receive kitchen supplies management skills
  • already held store kitchen supplies handling and moving
  • already held use reheating techniques assisting and caring
  • already held prepare sandwiches assisting and caring
  • already held work in a hospitality team communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held check deliveries on receipt management skills

All 8 carried skills, including the 5 the grill cook role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 25 missing skills fall into 5 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 handling and moving 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held handover the food preparation area required
  • required, not held maintain kitchen equipment at correct temperature required
  • required, not held use food cutting tools required
  • required, not held store raw food materials required
  • optional, not held handle chemical cleaning agents optional
02 assisting and caring 3 required, 11 supplementary
  • required, not held use culinary finishing techniques required
  • required, not held use food preparation techniques required
  • required, not held maintain a safe, hygienic and secure working environment required
  • optional, not held comply with standard portion sizes optional
  • optional, not held cook dairy products optional
  • optional, not held cook meat dishes optional
  • optional, not held cook sauce products optional
  • optional, not held cook vegetable products optional
  • optional, not held prepare dairy products for use in a dish optional
  • optional, not held prepare egg products for use in a dish optional
  • optional, not held prepare meat products for use in a dish optional
  • optional, not held prepare salad dressings optional
  • optional, not held prepare saucier products for use in a dish optional
  • optional, not held prepare vegetable products for use in a dish optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held order supplies required
  • optional, not held plan menus optional
  • optional, not held train employees optional
04 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held ensure cleanliness of food preparation area required
  • optional, not held control of expenses optional
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held execute chilling processes to food products optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a grill cook 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 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held comply with food safety and hygiene skill
  • already held receive kitchen supplies skill
  • already held use cooking techniques skill
  • already held use reheating techniques skill
  • already held work in a hospitality team skill
  • already held check deliveries on receipt skill
  • already held prepare sandwiches skill
  • already held store kitchen supplies skill
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held comply with standard portion sizes optional
  • optional, not held cook dairy products optional
  • optional, not held cook meat dishes optional
  • optional, not held cook sauce products optional
  • optional, not held cook vegetable products optional
  • optional, not held execute chilling processes to food products optional
  • optional, not held plan menus optional
  • optional, not held prepare dairy products for use in a dish optional
  • optional, not held prepare egg products for use in a dish optional
  • optional, not held prepare meat products for use in a dish optional
  • optional, not held prepare salad dressings optional
  • optional, not held prepare saucier products for use in a dish optional
  • optional, not held prepare vegetable products for use in a dish optional
  • optional, not held control of expenses optional
  • optional, not held handle chemical cleaning agents optional
  • optional, not held train employees optional
16 held skills the grill cook role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role clean surfaces skill
  • not needed by the target role devise special promotions skill
  • not needed by the target role educate customers on coffee varieties skill
  • not needed by the target role educate customers on tea varieties skill
  • not needed by the target role execute opening and closing procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role greet guests skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain customer service skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain personal hygiene standards skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor stock level skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare orders skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare ready-made dishes skill
  • not needed by the target role present menus skill
  • not needed by the target role process payments skill
  • not needed by the target role take drive-through orders skill
  • not needed by the target role take food and beverage orders from customers skill
  • not needed by the target role upsell products skill
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.