Career Overlap Occupation record
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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.

Also known as timber merchant, lumber trader, timber seller, wood merchant, trader of timber, lumber merchant.

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

Fig. 2 · Career map 2 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
forester 18% covered wood factory manager 17% covered timber trader You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 2 nearest destinations from timber trader, 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 timber trader already covers. All 2 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only 2 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 timber trader needs 16 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
  • manage timber orders management skills
  • process returned timber products information skills
  • advise on timber-based products communication, collaboration and creativity
  • carry out purchasing operations in the timber business communication, collaboration and creativity
  • sell processed timber in a commercial environment communication, collaboration and creativity
  • inspect timber information skills
  • study prices of wood products information skills
  • write technical reports related to trees communication, collaboration and creativity
  • distinguish wood quality information skills
  • handle timber handling and moving
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Timber trader 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 timber trader’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.