Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a shipping agent can go next

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

Shipping agents represent the ship owner in a foreign port. They make sure customs is cleared in a timely manner so that the cargo doesn't have to stay too long in the port. Shipping agents also ensure that insurance, licences and other formalities are in order.

Also known as ships agent, owners charterers agent, liner agent, shipping representative, shipping proxy, ship representative, cargo agent, water clerk, port agent, ship local representative, boarding clerk.

Technicians and associate professionals 25 skills on file 4 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: non-vessel operating common carrier, 41%

Fig. 2 · Career map 4 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
non-vessel operating common c… 41% covered international forwarding oper… 32% covered forwarding manager 28% covered customs and excise officer 26% covered shipping agent You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 4 nearest destinations from shipping agent, 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 shipping agent already covers. All 4 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only 4 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 shipping agent needs 12 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
  • comply with regulations related to export in different countries assisting and caring
  • make bids in forward auctions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • provide advice to clients in terms of export restrictions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • provide advice to clients in terms of import restrictions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • ensure compliance with port regulations assisting and caring
  • keep up-to-date to current customs regulations information skills
  • port regulation services
  • manage import export licenses information skills
  • apply procedures to ensure cargo complies with customs regulations assisting and caring
  • liaise with port users communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Shipping agent is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. 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 shipping agent’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.