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

sommeliertowaiter/waitress

A sommelier already meets 19% of what the waiter/waitress role asks for. The move turns on 24 required skills not yet in the profile.

From sommelier
19%
Overlap1
To waiter/waitress
9 Skills carried over
24 Required, not held
84.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

19%

Learning distance A rebuild

84.2/ 100

1 Share of the waiter/waitress 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 waiter/waitress role treats 5 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
  • prepare alcoholic beverages
  • serve wines

What stands in the way is 24 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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A waiter/waitress 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 decant wines assisting and caring
  • already held recommend wines communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held prepare alcoholic beverages assisting and caring
  • already held serve wines assisting and caring
  • already held sparkling wines engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held apply foreign languages in hospitality communication, collaboration and creativity

All 9 carried skills, including the 5 the waiter/waitress role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 34 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 assisting and caring 8 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held prepare the restaurant for service required
  • required, not held arrange tables required
  • required, not held assist VIP guests required
  • required, not held prepare hot drinks required
  • required, not held serve beverages required
  • required, not held serve food in table service required
  • required, not held supervise food quality required
  • required, not held welcome restaurant guests required
  • optional, not held prepare service trolleys optional
  • optional, not held prepare flambeed dishes optional
  • optional, not held detect drug abuse optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 7 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held advise guests on menus for special events required
  • required, not held identify customer's needs required
  • required, not held maintain relationship with customers required
  • required, not held present menus required
  • required, not held take food and beverage orders from customers required
  • required, not held work in a hospitality team required
  • required, not held assist clients with special needs required
  • optional, not held educate customers on coffee varieties optional
  • optional, not held educate customers on tea varieties optional
03 information skills 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held check dining room cleanliness required
  • required, not held measure customer feedback required
  • optional, not held maintain incident reporting records optional
  • optional, not held process reservations optional
04 handling and moving 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held attend to detail regarding food and beverages required
  • required, not held clean surfaces required
  • optional, not held use food cutting tools optional
05 management skills 2 required
  • required, not held maintain personal hygiene standards required
  • required, not held process payments required
06 services 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held food and beverages on the menu required
  • optional, not held local area tourism industry optional

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a waiter/waitress 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 9 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
  • already held prepare alcoholic beverages skill
  • already held serve wines skill
  • already held apply foreign languages in hospitality skill
  • already held decant wines skill
  • already held recommend wines skill
  • already held sparkling wines knowledge
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held alcoholic beverage products required
08 health and welfare 1 required
  • required, not held dietary regimes required
09 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held laws regulating serving alcoholic drinks optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held laws regulating serving alcoholic drinks optional
  • optional, not held prepare service trolleys optional
  • optional, not held educate customers on coffee varieties optional
  • optional, not held educate customers on tea varieties optional
  • optional, not held local area tourism industry optional
  • optional, not held prepare flambeed dishes optional
  • optional, not held use food cutting tools optional
  • optional, not held detect drug abuse optional
  • optional, not held maintain incident reporting records optional
  • optional, not held process reservations optional
8 held skills the waiter/waitress role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • 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 order supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role organise wine cellar skill
  • not needed by the target role select glassware for serving skill
  • 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
5 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 food and beverages on the menu required
  • required, not held alcoholic beverage products required
  • required, not held dietary regimes required
  • optional, not held laws regulating serving alcoholic drinks optional
  • optional, not held local area tourism industry optional
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.