Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a logistics engineer can go next

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

Logistics engineers design and implement systems aimed to optimise the time and efforts invested in transportation activities. They ensure that systems allow for micro-tracking and smooth communication across transport methods and stages.

Also known as logistics technology engineering adviser, logistics technology engineering specialist, logistics technology engineer, logistics engineering consultant, logistics technology engineering expert, logistics engineering expert, logistics engineering specialist, logistics engineering adviser, logistic engineer, logistics technology engineering consultant.

Professionals 33 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: equipment engineer, 49%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
equipment engineer 49% covered contract engineer 45% covered process engineer 42% covered component engineer 42% covered research engineer 41% covered logistics engineer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from logistics engineer, 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 logistics engineer 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 logistics engineer needs 15 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
  • logistics business, administration and law
  • direct logistical functions management skills
  • interpret technical requirements information skills
  • manage engineering project management skills
  • manage logistics management skills
  • define technical requirements management skills
  • supply chain management business, administration and law
  • execute analytical mathematical calculations information skills
  • project management business, administration and law
  • use technical drawing software working with computers
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a logistics engineer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Logistics engineer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. 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 a logistics engineer’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.