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Where a ship pilot dispatcher can go next

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

Ship pilot dispatchers coordinate ships entering or leaving port. They write orders showing name of ship, berth, tugboat company, and time of arrival or departure, and notify the maritime pilot of assignment. They obtain receipts of pilotage from the pilot upon return from ship. Ship pilot dispatchers also record charges on receipt, using tariff book as guide, compile reports of activities, such as number of ships piloted and charges made, and keep records of ships entering port, showing owner, name of ship, displacement tonnage, agent, and country of registration.

Also known as ship pilot coordinator, ship pilot controller, dispatcher of ship pilots, shipping pilot dispatcher.

Clerical support workers 21 skills on file 3 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: aviation communications and frequency coordination manager, 20%

Fig. 2 · Career map 3 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
aviation communications and f… 20% covered water traffic coordinator 17% covered ship planner 17% covered ship pilot dispatcher You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 3 nearest destinations from ship pilot dispatcher, 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 ship pilot dispatcher 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 ship pilot dispatcher needs 14 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
  • provide accurate information on water routes communication, collaboration and creativity
  • write dock records information skills
  • measure ship tonnage information skills
  • monitor the validity of ship certificates information skills
  • dock operations services
  • guide ships into docks working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • review ship documentation assisting and caring
  • international tariffs business, administration and law
  • prepare documentation for international shipping information skills
  • vessel traffic services services
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Ship pilot dispatcher 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 ship pilot dispatcher’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.