Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a customs and excise officer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a customs and excise officer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Customs and excise officers approve or deny the passage of goods through customs barriers for international business and ensure compliance with consignment legislation. They facilitate communication between import and export trading institutions and government officials, and are responsible for taxation calculation and ensuring payment.

Also known as clearing agent, customs clearance agent, shipping agent, export documentation officer, customs broker, customs agent.

Technicians and associate professionals 30 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: immigration officer, 42%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
immigration officer 42% covered street warden 33% covered shipping agent 32% covered international forwarding oper… 28% covered passport officer 25% covered customs and excise officer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from customs and excise officer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a customs and excise officer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A customs and excise officer needs 12 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • international taxation of transfer prices business, administration and law
  • manage import export licenses information skills
  • coordinate import transportation activities management skills
  • calculate tax information skills
  • illegal substances services
  • import export regulations of dangerous chemicals business, administration and law
  • handle surveillance equipment assisting and caring
  • control trade commercial documentation assisting and caring
  • undertake inspections information skills
  • international business business, administration and law
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a customs and excise officer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Customs and excise officer is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a customs and excise officer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.