4.1 KiB
4.1 KiB
Competences — food and beverage packaging technologist
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/8a925aca-f636-437c-8962-5deae170e246).
Essential
- analyse packaging requirements (skill/competence)
- apply GMP (skill/competence)
- apply HACCP (skill/competence)
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages (skill/competence)
- care for food aesthetic (skill/competence)
- identify innovative concepts in packaging (skill/competence)
- keep up with innovations in food manufacturing (skill/competence)
- manage packaging development cycle from concept to launch (skill/competence)
- manage packaging material (skill/competence)
- monitor filling machines (skill/competence)
- monitor packaging operations (skill/competence)
- packaging engineering (knowledge)
- packaging functions (knowledge)
- packaging processes (knowledge)
- product packaging requirements (knowledge)
- quality assurance methodologies (knowledge)
- select adequate packaging for food products (skill/competence)
- types of packaging materials (knowledge)
- watch food product trends (skill/competence)
Optional
- assess HACCP implementation in plants (skill/competence)
- detect microorganisms (skill/competence)
- develop new food products (skill/competence)
- develop standard operating procedures in the food chain (skill/competence)
- ensure correct goods labelling (skill/competence)
- food safety principles (knowledge)
- food safety standards (knowledge)
- food science (knowledge)
- ingredient threats (knowledge)
- keep up-to-date with regulations (skill/competence)
- label foodstuffs (skill/competence)
- manage corrective actions (skill/competence)
- participate in the development of new food products (skill/competence)
- risks associated to physical, chemical, biological hazards in food and beverages (knowledge)
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 5 ads, as of 2026-07-12)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Hard skills
- project management — 80 %
- specification development — 60 %
- packaging design — 40 %
- packaging innovation — 40 %
- packaging development — 20 %
- packaging materials knowledge — 20 %
- packaging optimization — 20 %
- packaging system development — 20 %
- material science — 20 %
- cost optimization — 20 %
- data analysis — 20 %
- data interpretation — 20 %
- experimental design — 20 %
- root-cause analysis — 20 %
- regulatory compliance — 20 %
- statistical process control — 20 %
- supply chain support — 20 %
- technical reporting — 20 %
- technical validation — 20 %
- test plan execution — 20 %
Methods
- total productive maintenance (TPM) — 20 %
- six sigma — 20 %
- fit for purpose analysis — 20 %
- design of experiments (DOE) — 20 %
- lean manufacturing — 20 %
Responsibilities
- line trial conduction — 40 %
- cross-functional team representation — 40 %
- concept commercialization — 40 %
- project execution — 40 %
- capital project support — 20 %
- rigid plastics management — 20 %
- solution delivery — 20 %
- specification development — 20 %
- trend monitoring — 20 %
- test execution — 20 %
- sustainability roadmap support — 20 %
- systems operation — 20 %
- supplier collaboration — 20 %
- corrective action implementation — 20 %
- audit support — 20 %
- documentation preparation — 20 %
- equipment co-development — 20 %
- experience design leadership — 20 %
- knowledge network development — 20 %
- factory support — 20 %
- package development process support — 20 %
- packaging concept development — 20 %
- material selection — 20 %
- packaging team leadership — 20 %
- packaging solution implementation — 20 %
- packaging line performance improvement — 20 %