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

sauce production operatortobulk filler

A sauce production operator already meets 43% of what the bulk filler role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From sauce production operator
43%
Overlap1
To bulk filler
7 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
53 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

43%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

53/ 100

1 Share of the bulk filler role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the sauce production 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 bulk filler role treats 7 of its required skills as things a sauce production operator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply GMP
  • apply HACCP
  • apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
  • follow hygienic procedures during food processing
  • food preservation
  • food safety principles

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A bulk filler role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a sauce production operator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held food preservation engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held food safety principles services
  • already held food storage engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held follow hygienic procedures during food processing assisting and caring
  • already held apply GMP assisting and caring
  • already held apply HACCP assisting and caring

All 7 carried skills, including the 7 the bulk filler role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 13 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held follow verbal instructions required
  • required, not held follow written instructions required
  • optional, not held work in a food processing team optional
  • optional, not held act reliably optional
  • optional, not held liaise with colleagues optional
  • optional, not held liaise with managers optional
02 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held adhere to organisational guidelines required
03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held tube filling systems required
04 handling and moving 1 required
  • required, not held apply preservation treatments required
05 services 1 required
  • required, not held health and safety measures in transportation required
06 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held monitor filling machines required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a bulk filler 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 7 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 follow hygienic procedures during food processing skill
  • already held food preservation knowledge
  • already held food safety principles knowledge
  • already held food storage knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held interpret visual literacy optional
08 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held have computer literacy optional
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held work in a food processing team optional
  • optional, not held act reliably optional
  • optional, not held have computer literacy optional
  • optional, not held interpret visual literacy optional
  • optional, not held liaise with colleagues optional
  • optional, not held liaise with managers optional
32 held skills the bulk filler role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role administer ingredients in food production skill
  • not needed by the target role apply different dehydration processes of fruits and vegetables skill
  • not needed by the target role apply different roasting methods skill
  • not needed by the target role blanching machine process knowledge
  • not needed by the target role blend food ingredients skill
  • not needed by the target role care for food aesthetic skill
  • not needed by the target role check bottles for packaging skill
  • not needed by the target role check quality of products on the production line skill
  • not needed by the target role clean food and beverage machinery skill
  • not needed by the target role collect samples for analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role condiment manufacturing processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role dispose food waste skill
  • not needed by the target role execute chilling processes to food products skill
  • not needed by the target role follow production schedule skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain cutting equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role manage fruit juice extraction processes skill
  • not needed by the target role neutralise sugar liquors skill
  • not needed by the target role operate a heat treatment process skill
  • not needed by the target role operate equipment for food homogenisation skill
  • not needed by the target role operate sieves for spices skill
  • not needed by the target role operate weighing machine skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare fruits and vegetables for pre-processing skill
  • not needed by the target role process fruits and vegetables skill
  • not needed by the target role processes of foods and beverages manufacturing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role pump products skill
  • not needed by the target role tend blanching machines skill
  • not needed by the target role tend canning machine skill
  • not needed by the target role tend mixing oil machine skill
  • not needed by the target role tend packaging machines skill
  • not needed by the target role tend spice mixing machine skill
  • not needed by the target role types of condiments knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use fruit and vegetables processing machinery 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 tube filling systems required
  • required, not held health and safety measures in transportation required
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.