starch converting operatortodryer attendant
A starch converting operator already meets 49% of what the dryer attendant role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.
49%
60.9/ 100
1 Share of the dryer attendant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the starch converting 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 this move works
A dryer attendant role treats 15 of its required skills as things a starch converting operator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- apply GMP
- apply HACCP
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- be at ease in unsafe environments
- carry out checks of production plant equipment
What stands in the way is 15 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 21 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A dryer attendant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a starch converting operator background worth leading with.
- already held food dehydration processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held secure goods handling and moving
- already held temperature scales natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held monitor temperature in manufacturing process of food and beverages assisting and caring
- already held food safety principles services
- already held carry out checks of production plant equipment constructing
All 21 carried skills, including the 15 the dryer attendant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 22 missing skills fall into 7 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.
- required, not held adjust drying process to goods required
- required, not held control steam flows required
- required, not held operate industrial ovens required
- required, not held tend drying equipment required
- required, not held tend fans for machines required
- optional, not held set up equipment for food production optional
- required, not held apply different roasting methods required
- required, not held handle flammable substances required
- required, not held ensure sanitation required
- required, not held mark differences in colours required
- optional, not held mix grain according to recipe optional
- required, not held grain dehydration recipes required
- required, not held food preservation required
- optional, not held colour ranges of roasting optional
- required, not held compare roasted grains to a standard required
- required, not held check processing parameters required
- required, not held ensure public safety and security required
- optional, not held stand high temperatures optional
- required, not held maintain industrial ovens required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a dryer attendant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 compare roasted grains to a standard skill · occupation specific
- 02 grain dehydration recipes knowledge · occupation specific
- 03 adjust drying process to goods skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 21 skills that carry over
- already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- already held apply GMP skill
- already held apply HACCP skill
- already held apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages skill
- already held be at ease in unsafe environments skill
- already held carry out checks of production plant equipment skill
- already held collect samples for analysis skill
- already held follow hygienic procedures during food processing skill
- already held follow production schedule skill
- already held follow verbal instructions skill
- already held follow written instructions skill
- already held food dehydration processes knowledge
- already held food safety principles knowledge
- already held monitor temperature in manufacturing process of food and beverages skill
- already held secure goods skill
- already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production skill
- already held have computer literacy skill
- already held label samples skill
- already held liaise with colleagues skill
- already held liaise with managers skill
- already held temperature scales knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held work in a food processing team optional
- optional, not held act reliably optional
- optional, not held work according to recipe optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held colour ranges of roasting optional
- optional, not held mix grain according to recipe optional
- optional, not held set up equipment for food production optional
- optional, not held work in a food processing team optional
- optional, not held act reliably optional
- optional, not held stand high temperatures optional
- optional, not held work according to recipe optional
14 held skills the dryer attendant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role administer chemicals to starch production skill
- not needed by the target role chemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role enzymatic processing knowledge
- not needed by the target role extraction process of starch from corn knowledge
- not needed by the target role health, safety and hygiene legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role keep task records skill
- not needed by the target role measure pH skill
- not needed by the target role process starch slurry skill
- not needed by the target role stabilise pH of starches skill
- not needed by the target role starch production processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role tend corn starch extraction machines skill
- not needed by the target role test starch samples skill
- not needed by the target role use filters to dewater starch skill
- not needed by the target role variety of starches knowledge
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held grain dehydration recipes required
- required, not held food preservation required
- optional, not held colour ranges of roasting optional
Other moves recorded from starch converting operator
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.