From brewmaster to brew house operator
16 of the 30 essential skills of a brew house operator are already essential for a brewmaster — about 53% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 16
- skills carry over
- 14
- would be new
- 53%
- of the target job covered
- 30
- essential skills of a brew house operator
What a brew house operator does
Brew house operators monitor the processes of mashing, lautering and boiling of raw materials. They make sure that the brewing vessels are clean correctly and timely. They supervise the work in the brew house and operate the brew house equipment to deliver brews of good quality within the specified time.
What carries over
16 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- apply GMP
- apply HACCP
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- brewhouse processes
- clean food and beverage machinery
- exert quality control to processing food
- grain-for-beverages milling process
- ingredients for beer production
- lautering process
- manage staff
- mashing process
- measure density of liquids
- modern brewing systems
- operate pneumatic conveyor chutes
- wort boiling process
- wort fining process
What would be new
14 skillsEssential for a brew house operator and not for a brewmaster. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- be at ease in unsafe environments
- check bottles for packaging
- follow production schedule
- manage medium term objectives
- measure pH
- operate a heat treatment process
- operate automated process control
- plan medium to long term objectives
- sterilise fermentation tanks
- support management of raw materials
- tend grinding mill machine
- tolerate strong smells
- work in a food processing team
Other moves from brewmaster
2 roles- cider master17 skills in common
- malt master16 skills in common
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How far are you from being a brew house operator?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.