Development And Practical Implementation Of Competency Based Standards For Professional Beer Tasters

The document discusses the development and implementation of competency standards for professional beer tasters. It outlines defining taster competencies through a competence guide defining needed skills. A modular training approach is used to develop tasters through a "career path". The document also discusses evaluating taster performance through proficiency testing schemes that assess the ability to identify flavor compounds in beer at low concentrations. Over 18 million data points have been collected to date to evaluate taster performance.