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Where a port coordinator can go next

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

Port coordinators manage operations of traffic division for port authorities. They enforce rules and regulations, such as the berthing of ships, handling and storing of cargo, and the use of port facilities. They direct policing and cleaning activities of the harbour department land, streets, buildings, and water areas. Port coordinators also ensure that activities concerning revenue are documented and submitted to the accounting division. They advise port authorities on rates and revisions of port tariff, and solicit steamship companies to use port facilities. They direct activities concerned with compiling daily and annual ship and cargo statistics.

Also known as port terminal manager, port operations manager, coordinator of port operations, port operations coordinator, port terminal supervisor, port operations supervisor, terminal supervisor.

Clerical support workers 39 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: water traffic coordinator, 54%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
water traffic coordinator 54% covered stevedore superintendent 36% covered ship captain 31% covered vessel operations coordinator 28% covered ship pilot dispatcher 21% covered port coordinator You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from port coordinator, 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 port coordinator 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 port coordinator needs 31 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
  • manage port operations management skills
  • anticipate logistics requirements for port operations management skills
  • operate port communications systems working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • manage port operations improvement procedures management skills
  • commodities in maritime transportation services
  • coordinate the itineraries of vessels management skills
  • ensure compliance with port regulations assisting and caring
  • manage vessel cargo activities management skills
  • port regulation services
  • coordinate dock operations management skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Port coordinator is filed under Clerical support workers, ISCO major group 4. 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 port coordinator’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.