oenologist
Oenologists track the wine manufacturing process in its entirety and supervise the workers in wineries. They supervise and coordinate production to ensure the quality of the wine and also give advice by determining the value and classification of wines being produced.
Also called: wine production specialist, wine producer, wine maker, winery cellar master, wine production expert, wine advisor
- 35
- essential skills
- 24
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 2145
- ISCO-08 group
Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
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- wine fermenterWhat changes?11 skills in common
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- food technologist8 skills in common
- malt master8 skills in common
Essential skills
35- analyse samples of food and beverages
- apply GMP
- apply HACCP
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- assist bottling
- beverages filtration processes
- biotechnology
- blend beverages
- check bottles for packaging
- exert quality control to processing food
- fermentation processes of beverages
- filter wine
- financial capability
- food and beverage industry
- handle wine sales
- manage wine cellar inventory
- mark differences in colours
- monitor temperature in manufacturing process of food and beverages
- monitor the process of wine production
- monitor winemaking process
- operate pasteurisation processes
- pathogenic microorganisms in food
- perform detailed food processing operations
- perform sensory evaluation of food products
- prepare containers for beverage fermentation
- quality assurance methodologies
- set production facilities standards
- store wine
- tend wine manufacturing machines
- types of wine
- variety of grapes
- wine blending
- wine characteristics
- wine fermentation process
- winery production process
Optional skills
24- age alcoholic beverages in vats
- analyse production processes for improvement
- analyse trends in the food and beverage industries
- apply control process statistical methods
- attend to detail in preparation for audits
- chemical constitution of grapes
- control grape quality
- control of expenses
- control wine quality
- describe flavour of different wines
- handle chemical cleaning agents
- have computer literacy
- identify market niches
- implement marketing strategies
- implement sales strategies
- liaise with colleagues
- liaise with managers
- measure the strength of distillation
- mitigate waste of resources
- monitor centrifugal separators
- processes of foods and beverages manufacturing
- rack wines
- supervise grape pressing
- work in a food processing team
Definition and skills from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Source concept
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