Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a ship planner can go next

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

Ship planners manage the performance of a vessel. They ensure the safety of the vessel and its cargo, its operationality and link available vessels to available cargos in order to maximise the profitability of the voyages. They ensure that each container ship is loaded to its optimal capacity, while keeping berth times and handling costs to a minimum. They also plan the maintenance and overhaul of the ship, as well as the crew needed.

Also known as maritime ship planner, cargo planning manager, cargo planning officer, senior ship planner, inland vessel cargo planner, cargo planning and operations manager, maritime ship cargo planner, vessel cargo planner, inland ship planner, vessel planner, inland vessel planner, manager of cargo planning and operations.

Clerical support workers 62 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: ship pilot dispatcher, 37%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
ship pilot dispatcher 37% covered vessel operations coordinator 36% covered aircraft cargo operations coo… 25% covered stevedore superintendent 25% covered water traffic coordinator 24% covered ship planner You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from ship planner, 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 planner already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A ship planner needs 51 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
  • develop shipping itineraries management skills
  • handle customer requests related to cargo handling and moving
  • interpret graphical communication interfaces information skills
  • manage safety standards for inland water transport assisting and caring
  • manage shipment risks information skills
  • measure ship tonnage information skills
  • operate maritime communication equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • operate stowage programmes working with computers
  • consider constraints in maritime shipping management skills
  • maintain voyage logs information skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Ship planner 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 planner’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.