Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a stevedore can go next

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

Stevedores sort, handle, load and unload freight into over-the-road equipment in accordance with oral and written instructions, as well as state regulations. They move freight such as boxes, bulky items, or even large pallets of goods to and from storage areas and onto transport vehicles.

Also known as longshoreman, dock worker, ship freight handler, dock labourer.

Elementary occupations 43 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: rail intermodal equipment operator, 80%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
rail intermodal equipment ope… 80% covered warehouse order picker 23% covered container crane operator 22% covered moving truck driver 19% covered warehouse operators for cloth… 18% covered stevedore You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from stevedore, 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 stevedore 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 stevedore needs 37 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
  • climb on railcars handling and moving
  • laws on the transportation of dangerous goods business, administration and law
  • operate on-board computer systems working with computers
  • ramp safety requirements services
  • work on uneven surfaces handling and moving
  • ensure that shipment contents correspond with shipping documentation assisting and caring
  • handle intermodal equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • operate voice picking systems handling and moving
  • accommodate cargo in freight transport vehicle handling and moving
  • analyse relation between supply chain improvement and profit information skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Stevedore is filed under Elementary occupations, ISCO major group 9. 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 stevedore’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.