From liquor blender to distillery miller
10 of the 28 essential skills of a distillery miller are already essential for a liquor blender — about 36% 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
- 18
- would be new
- 36%
- of the target job covered
- 28
- essential skills of a distillery miller
What a distillery miller does
Distillery millers tend distillery mills in order to clean and grind whole grain for use in production of distilled liquors. They tend cleaning machines to remove impurities from grains followed by the grinding and weighing of grains. They perform daily maintenance on pumps, air-conveyor chutes and machines.
What carries over
10 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
- blend beverages
- carry out checks of production plant equipment
- collect samples for analysis
- execute proofs of alcohol mixture
- prepare containers for beverage distillation
- take measures against flammability
- temperature scales
What would be new
18 skillsEssential for a distillery miller and not for a liquor blender. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- age alcoholic beverages in vats
- ensure sanitation
- follow hygienic procedures during food processing
- grain-for-beverages milling process
- inspect insects in whole grain
- keep task records
- lautering process
- lift heavy weights
- mashing process
- mill operations
- milling machines
- monitor machine operations
- monitor milled food products
- operate distilling equipment
- operate grain cleaning machine
- operate pneumatic conveyor chutes
- sterilise fermentation tanks
- tend grinding mill machine
Other moves from liquor blender
2 roles- distillery supervisor13 skills in common
- yeast distiller11 skills in common
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How far are you from being a distillery miller?
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