Occupation Atlasfood analyst
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/33fe4c90-c4fd-4860-bdc5-24fcab16f45a
food analyst
Food analysts perform standardised tests to determine the chemical, physical, or microbiological features of products for human consumption.
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Job Zone
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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic5.57
- C Conventional5.04
- I Investigative4.51
- E Enterprising1.96
- S Social1.73
- A Artistic1.33
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Food Science Technicians (19-4013.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (36)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- analyse characteristics of food products at reception
- analyse samples of food and beverages
- apply GMP
- apply HACCP
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- assess quality characteristics of food products
- attend to detail regarding food and beverages
- blend food ingredients
- calibrate laboratory equipment
- collect samples for analysis
- conduct food tests
- ensure public safety and security
- follow hygienic procedures during food processing
- follow laboratory manuals
- food safety principles
- food safety standards
- food science
- food toxicity
- identify nutritional properties of food
- identify the factors causing changes in food during storage
- infections in food
- ingredient threats
- interpret data in food manufacturing
- keep food laboratory inventory
- keep up-to-date with regulations
- laboratory-based sciences
- maintain laboratory equipment
- measure pH
- pathogenic microorganisms in food
- perform physico-chemical analysis to food materials
- prepare visual data
- preserve samples
- pursue excellence in the creation of food products
- quality assurance methodologies
- report test findings
- set quality assurance objectives
Optional (35)
- analyse packaging requirements
- analyse trends in the food and beverage industries
- analyse work-related written reports
- apply scientific methods
- assess environmental parameters at the workplace for food products
- assess shelf life of food products
- check bottles for packaging
- check quality of products on the production line
- conduct research on food waste prevention
- design indicators for food waste reduction
- detect microorganisms
- develop food waste reduction strategies
- develop new food products
- develop standard operating procedures in the food chain
- fermentation processes of food
- follow evaluation procedures of materials at reception
- follow-up lab results
- food fraud
- food homogenisation
- food legislation
- food products composition
- investigate customer complaints of food products
- label samples
- mitigate waste of resources
- molecular gastronomy
- monitor developments used for food industry
- participate in the development of new food products
- perform food risk analysis
- perform food safety checks
- perform microbiological analysis in food
- perform sensory evaluation of food products
- preserve milk samples
- risks associated to physical, chemical, biological hazards in food and beverages
- statistics
- write work-related reports
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 36 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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food grader
9 shared · 21 more of its ownfood safety standards, assess quality characteristics of food products, identify nutritional properties of food, food science
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food technician
9 shared · 23 more of its ownpathogenic microorganisms in food, identify the factors causing changes in food during storage, prepare visual data, analyse samples of food and beverages
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milk reception operator
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