From food regulatory advisor to food technologist
28 of the 73 essential skills of a food technologist are already essential for a food regulatory advisor — about 38% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from food regulatory advisor in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 28
- skills carry over
- 45
- would be new
- 38%
- of the target job covered
- 73
- essential skills of a food technologist
What a food technologist does
Food technologists develop processes for manufacturing foodstuffs and related products based on chemical, physical, and biological principles and technology. They design and plan layouts or equipment, oversee staff, engage in controlling, and improve food technologies in food production processes.
What carries over
28 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- apply food technology principles
- apply GMP
- apply HACCP
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- biotechnology
- ensure public safety and security
- follow-up lab results
- food allergies
- food and beverage industry
- food authentication techniques
- food engineering
- food fraud
- food legislation
- food materials
- food preservation
- food product ingredients
- food safety principles
- food science
- food storage
- keep up with innovations in food manufacturing
- laboratory-based sciences
- lead process optimisation
- legislation about animal origin products
- prepare visual data
- quality assurance methodologies
- read engineering drawings
- risks associated to physical, chemical, biological hazards in food and beverages
- traceability in food industry
What would be new
45 skillsEssential for a food technologist and not for a food regulatory advisor. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- analyse packaging requirements
- analyse samples of food and beverages
- assess HACCP implementation in plants
- bioeconomy
- chemistry
- circular economy
- collect samples for analysis
- combination of flavours
- combination of textures
- describe chemical innovation in products
- develop food production processes
- energy efficiency
- ensure responsible sourcing in food supply chains
- enzymatic processing
- evaluate ingredient documentation from suppliers
- fermentation processes of food
- food canning production line
- food ethics
- food products composition
- food toxicity
- food waste monitoring systems
- foodborne diseases
- functional properties of foods
- health, safety and hygiene legislation
- identify the factors causing changes in food during storage
- improve chemical processes
- ingredient threats
- interpret data in food manufacturing
- listen actively
- manage discarded products
- manage ethics issues in the food industry
- manage food manufacturing laboratory
- manage the use of additives in food manufacturing
- molecular gastronomy
- monitor developments used for food industry
- monitor processing conditions
- pathogenic microorganisms in food
- perform food risk analysis
- processes of foods and beverages manufacturing
- promote ethical eating
and 5 more
Other moves from food regulatory advisor
2 roles- food biotechnologist22 skills in common
- food grader19 skills in common
← food regulatory advisorfood technologist →The other way round
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