From prepared meals nutritionist to food technologist
10 of the 73 essential skills of a food technologist are already essential for a prepared meals nutritionist — about 14% 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
- 63
- would be new
- 14%
- 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
10 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
What would be new
63 skillsEssential for a food technologist and not for a prepared meals nutritionist. 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
- apply food technology principles
- assess HACCP implementation in plants
- bioeconomy
- biotechnology
- chemistry
- circular economy
- collect samples for analysis
- describe chemical innovation in products
- develop food production processes
- energy efficiency
- ensure public safety and security
- ensure responsible sourcing in food supply chains
- enzymatic processing
- evaluate ingredient documentation from suppliers
- fermentation processes of food
- follow-up lab results
- food allergies
- food and beverage industry
- food authentication techniques
- food canning production line
- food engineering
- food ethics
- food fraud
- food legislation
- food materials
- food preservation
- food product ingredients
- food products composition
- food safety principles
- food toxicity
- food waste monitoring systems
- foodborne diseases
- health, safety and hygiene legislation
- identify the factors causing changes in food during storage
- improve chemical processes
- ingredient threats
- interpret data in food manufacturing
- keep up with innovations in food manufacturing
and 23 more
Other moves from prepared meals nutritionist
1 roles- industrial cook13 skills in common
← prepared meals nutritionistfood technologist →The other way round
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