Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a shipbroker can go next

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

Shipbrokers act as intermediaries between buyers and sellers of ships, cargospace on ships and charter ships for the transfer of cargo. They inform clients on the shipping market mechanisms and movements, report on vessel and cargospace prices and sales, and negotiate not only the cost of the vessels, cargospace or cargo but also the logistical requirements for the transfer of the vessel or commodity cargo to the buyers.

Also known as shipping broker.

Technicians and associate professionals 30 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: commodity trader, 42%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
commodity trader 42% covered foreign exchange cashier 37% covered financial markets back office… 36% covered commodity broker 36% covered futures trader 31% covered shipbroker You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from shipbroker, 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 shipbroker 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 shipbroker needs 11 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
  • consult shipping rates information skills
  • shipping industry services
  • trade ships communication, collaboration and creativity
  • liaise with transportation services communication, collaboration and creativity
  • negotiate price communication, collaboration and creativity
  • negotiate with stakeholders communication, collaboration and creativity
  • banking activities business, administration and law
  • handle financial transactions management skills
  • negotiate buying conditions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • negotiate sales contracts communication, collaboration and creativity
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Shipbroker 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 shipbroker’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.