Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a timber trader can go next

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

Timber traders assess the quality, quantity and market value of timber and timber products for trade. They organise the selling process of new timber and purchase stocks of timber.

Technicians and associate professionals 35 skills on file 2 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: forester, 18%

forester 18% covered wood factory manager 17% covered timber trader You are here
Fig. 2 — the 2 nearest destinations from timber trader. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a timber trader already covers. All 2 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

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timber trader is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a timber trader already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.