From coffee roaster to dryer attendant
10 of the 30 essential skills of a dryer attendant are already essential for a coffee roaster — about 33% 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.
- 10
- skills carry over
- 20
- would be new
- 33%
- of the target job covered
- 30
- essential skills of a dryer attendant
What a dryer attendant does
Dryer attendants tend rotary dryers to remove moisture from raw materials or food products in transformation. They observe instruments to verify dryer temperature and regulate steam pressure in order to determine if products have the specified moisture content.
What carries over
10 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- apply different roasting methods
- apply GMP
- apply HACCP
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- check processing parameters
- collect samples for analysis
- handle flammable substances
- maintain industrial ovens
- monitor temperature in manufacturing process of food and beverages
- operate industrial ovens
What would be new
20 skillsEssential for a dryer attendant and not for a coffee roaster. 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
- adjust drying process to goods
- be at ease in unsafe environments
- carry out checks of production plant equipment
- compare roasted grains to a standard
- control steam flows
- ensure public safety and security
- ensure sanitation
- follow hygienic procedures during food processing
- follow production schedule
- follow verbal instructions
- follow written instructions
- food dehydration processes
- food preservation
- food safety principles
- grain dehydration recipes
- mark differences in colours
- secure goods
- tend drying equipment
- tend fans for machines
Other moves from coffee roaster
2 roles- cacao bean roaster15 skills in common
- malt kiln operator12 skills in common
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a dryer attendant?
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.