Where a water traffic coordinator can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a water traffic coordinator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Water traffic coordinators manage the movements of a vessel in ports and waterways. They ensure the efficient deployment of vessels of a shipping company.
Also known as coordinator in water traffic, waterway traffic planner, marine traffic co-ordinator, water traffic planner, port traffic coordinator, marine traffic planner, dock traffic coordinator.
Clerical support workers 34 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: port coordinator, 47%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A water traffic coordinator needs 27 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- anticipate shipment handling requirements working with machinery and specialised equipment
- operate port communications systems working with machinery and specialised equipment
- develop efficiency plans for maritime shipping management skills
- manage port operations improvement procedures management skills
- commodities in maritime transportation services
- coordinate the itineraries of vessels management skills
- ensure compliance with port regulations assisting and caring
- implement cost-effective cargo handling strategies on ships communication, collaboration and creativity
- port regulation services
- verify qualifications of water transport crew assisting and caring
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a water traffic coordinator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- port coordinator 54% covered · difficulty 54.6
- stevedore superintendent 36% covered · difficulty 69.4
- ship planner 24% covered · difficulty 79.1
- vessel operations coordinator 24% covered · difficulty 79.1
- maritime pilot 21% covered · difficulty 81.6
- maritime water transport general manager 19% covered · difficulty 82.5
- ship pilot dispatcher 17% covered · difficulty 84.2
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Water traffic coordinator is filed under Clerical support workers, ISCO major group 4. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a water traffic coordinator’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.