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

sensory scientisttofragrance chemist

A sensory scientist already meets 32% of what the fragrance chemist role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From sensory scientist
32%
Overlap1
To fragrance chemist
12 Skills carried over
13 Required, not held
68 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

32%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

68/ 100

1 Share of the fragrance chemist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the sensory scientist 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 fragrance chemist role treats 6 of its required skills as things a sensory scientist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • analytical chemistry
  • check quality of raw materials
  • create fragrances formulae
  • document analysis results
  • research fragrances
  • test fragrances against customer satisfaction

What stands in the way is 13 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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A fragrance chemist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a sensory scientist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held research fragrances information skills
  • already held advise on fragrances communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held food flavourings engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held olfaction natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held create fragrances formulae handling and moving
  • already held test fragrances against customer satisfaction communication, collaboration and creativity

All 12 carried skills, including the 6 the fragrance chemist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 24 missing skills fall into 9 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, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held translate formulae into processes required
  • required, not held assess the feasibility of implementing developments required
  • required, not held manage chemical testing procedures required
  • required, not held test chemical samples required
  • optional, not held perform calorimeter operation optional
02 working with machinery and specialised equipment 3 required
  • required, not held calibrate laboratory equipment required
  • required, not held run laboratory simulations required
  • required, not held use chemical analysis equipment required
03 management skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held decide on fragrance titles required
  • required, not held define technical requirements required
  • optional, not held control production optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held write specifications required
  • optional, not held communicate with external laboratories optional
  • optional, not held negotiate supplier arrangements optional
05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held good manufacturing practices required
  • optional, not held food product ingredients optional
  • optional, not held gas chromatography optional
06 handling and moving 1 required
  • required, not held prepare chemical samples required

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a fragrance chemist 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 12 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held analytical chemistry knowledge
  • already held check quality of raw materials skill
  • already held create fragrances formulae skill
  • already held document analysis results skill
  • already held research fragrances skill
  • already held test fragrances against customer satisfaction skill
  • already held advise on fragrances skill
  • already held develop new food products skill
  • already held food allergies knowledge
  • already held food flavourings knowledge
  • already held molecular biology knowledge
  • already held olfaction knowledge
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 services 1 required
  • required, not held cosmetics industry required
08 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held biological chemistry optional
  • optional, not held botany optional
  • optional, not held chemical preservation optional
  • optional, not held cleaning products optional
09 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held oversee quality control optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held perform calorimeter operation optional
  • optional, not held biological chemistry optional
  • optional, not held botany optional
  • optional, not held food product ingredients optional
  • optional, not held chemical preservation optional
  • optional, not held cleaning products optional
  • optional, not held communicate with external laboratories optional
  • optional, not held control production optional
  • optional, not held gas chromatography optional
  • optional, not held negotiate supplier arrangements optional
  • optional, not held oversee quality control optional
29 held skills the fragrance chemist role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role add scent skill
  • not needed by the target role advise food industry skill
  • not needed by the target role allergies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role allergology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analyse characteristics of food products at reception skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse consumer buying trends skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse samples of food and beverages skill
  • not needed by the target role assess quality characteristics of food products skill
  • not needed by the target role chemistry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role combination of flavours knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create beverage recipes with botanicals skill
  • not needed by the target role describe flavour of different wines skill
  • not needed by the target role describe the flavour of different beers skill
  • not needed by the target role food legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role food science knowledge
  • not needed by the target role market research knowledge
  • not needed by the target role microbiology-bacteriology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role participate in the development of new food products skill
  • not needed by the target role perform physico-chemical analysis to food materials skill
  • not needed by the target role perform sensory evaluation of food products skill
  • not needed by the target role perfume raw materials knowledge
  • not needed by the target role prepare raw materials skill
  • not needed by the target role quantitative sensory testing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role report analysis results skill
  • not needed by the target role research new food ingredients skill
  • not needed by the target role statistical analysis system software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role statistics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role toxicology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role troubleshoot cosmetics formula issues skill
8 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 cosmetics industry required
  • required, not held good manufacturing practices required
  • optional, not held biological chemistry optional
  • optional, not held botany optional
  • optional, not held food product ingredients optional
  • optional, not held chemical preservation optional
  • optional, not held cleaning products optional
  • optional, not held gas chromatography optional
Index

Other moves recorded from sensory scientist

Full index of moves from sensory scientist

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.