Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a marine cargo inspector can go next

3 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a marine cargo inspector already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Marine cargo inspectors investigate all baggage and freight listed on the ship's manifest. They are responsible for checking the condition of the cargo and verifying the cargo's documentation and compliance with rules and regulations. Marine cargo inspectors analyse the vessels' capabilities, the fuel compartments, the safety equipment and the specific licenses required.

Also known as inspector of ship freight, marine freight and cargo inspector, shipping freight and cargo inspector, ship freight inspector, inspector of ship cargo.

Technicians and associate professionals 22 skills on file 3 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: freight inspector, 42%

Fig. 2 · Career map 3 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
freight inspector 42% covered non-vessel operating common c… 17% covered stevedore superintendent 16% covered marine cargo inspector You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 3 nearest destinations from marine cargo inspector, 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 marine cargo inspector already covers. All 3 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only 3 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A marine cargo inspector needs 18 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
  • components of a ship manifest services
  • handle freight inspection equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • inspect hazardous freight in accordance with regulations information skills
  • integrate Committee on Safe Seas guidelines into inspections assisting and caring
  • inspect freight information skills
  • adjust weight of cargo to capacity of freight transport vehicles handling and moving
  • weigh shipments information skills
  • prepare freight shipment reports information skills
  • perform inspections required by international conventions information skills
  • types of cargo services
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Marine cargo inspector 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 a marine cargo inspector’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.