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Where an import export specialist can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an import export specialist already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Import export specialists have and apply deep knowledge of import and export goods including customs clearance and documentation. They declare goods that cross the border, inform customers about customs and give advice concerning disputes related to customs legislation. They prepare the documents needed and make sure they are delivered to customs. They check and process duty and make sure VAT payments are done as applicable.

Also known as senior international trade compliance specialist, senior export specialist, graduate import specialist, trainee international trade compliance specialist, assistant export specialist, assistant customs compliance specialist, graduate import export specialist, senior import export specialist, trainee export specialist, graduate export specialist, trainee customs compliance specialist, senior import specialist.

Technicians and associate professionals 93 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: import export manager, 70%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
import export manager 70% covered import export manager in meat… 62% covered import export manager in mach… 62% covered import export manager in frui… 61% covered import export manager in fish… 61% covered import export specialist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from import export specialist, 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 an import export specialist already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An import export specialist needs 27 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
  • apply for refunds management skills
  • arrange customs documents information skills
  • arrange customs inspection information skills
  • manage import export licenses information skills
  • value-added tax law business, administration and law
  • handle quotes from prospective shippers management skills
  • apply export strategies communication, collaboration and creativity
  • apply import strategies communication, collaboration and creativity
  • monitor merchandise delivery information skills
  • file claims with insurance companies information skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an import export specialist does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Import export specialist is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an import export specialist’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.