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

sommeliertorestaurant host/restaurant hostess

A sommelier already meets 19% of what the restaurant host/restaurant hostess role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From sommelier
19%
Overlap1
To restaurant host/restaurant hostess
3 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
72.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

19%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

72.8/ 100

1 Share of the restaurant host/restaurant hostess role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the sommelier 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 restaurant host/restaurant hostess role treats 3 of its required skills as things a sommelier already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • assist customers
  • comply with food safety and hygiene
  • maintain customer service

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 3 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A restaurant host/restaurant hostess role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a sommelier background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held assist customers assisting and caring
  • already held comply with food safety and hygiene assisting and caring
  • already held maintain customer service communication, collaboration and creativity

All 3 carried skills, including the 3 the restaurant host/restaurant hostess role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 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 assisting and caring 6 required
  • required, not held seat customers according to the waiting list required
  • required, not held arrange tables required
  • required, not held assist VIP guests required
  • required, not held welcome restaurant guests required
  • required, not held accommodate special seating required
  • required, not held assist guest departure required
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held present menus required
  • required, not held handle customer complaints required
  • optional, not held advise guests on menus for special events optional
  • optional, not held maintain relationship with customers optional
  • optional, not held take food and beverage orders from customers optional
  • optional, not held work in a hospitality team optional
  • optional, not held assist clients with special needs optional
03 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held check dining room cleanliness required
  • required, not held process reservations required
04 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held clean surfaces optional
05 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held devise special promotions optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a restaurant host/restaurant hostess 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 3 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held assist customers skill
  • already held comply with food safety and hygiene skill
  • already held maintain customer service skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held advise guests on menus for special events optional
  • optional, not held maintain relationship with customers optional
  • optional, not held take food and beverage orders from customers optional
  • optional, not held work in a hospitality team optional
  • optional, not held assist clients with special needs optional
  • optional, not held clean surfaces optional
  • optional, not held devise special promotions optional
14 held skills the restaurant host/restaurant hostess role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply foreign languages in hospitality skill
  • not needed by the target role check wine quality skill
  • not needed by the target role compile wine lists skill
  • not needed by the target role decant wines skill
  • not needed by the target role order supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role organise wine cellar skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare alcoholic beverages skill
  • not needed by the target role recommend wines skill
  • not needed by the target role select glassware for serving skill
  • not needed by the target role serve wines skill
  • not needed by the target role sparkling wines knowledge
  • not needed by the target role train employees skill
  • not needed by the target role upsell products skill
  • not needed by the target role wine characteristics knowledge
Index

Other moves recorded from sommelier

Full index of moves from sommelier

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.