Where a wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Wholesale merchants in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft investigate potential wholesale buyers and suppliers and match their needs. They conclude trades involving large quantities of goods.
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Technicians and associate professionals 24 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: wholesale merchant, 50%
- 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.
- wholesale merchant 50% covered · difficulty 61.1
- import export specialist in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft 29% covered · difficulty 73.4
- import export manager in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft 28% covered · difficulty 75
- rental service representative in air transport equipment 27% covered · difficulty 73
- rental service representative in water transport equipment 27% covered · difficulty 73
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft needs 23 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- capital goods industry business, administration and law
- machinery products engineering, manufacturing and construction
- types of aircraft engineering, manufacturing and construction
- industrial tools engineering, manufacturing and construction
- types of maritime vessels engineering, manufacturing and construction
- initiate contact with sellers communication, collaboration and creativity
- initiate contact with buyers communication, collaboration and creativity
- negotiate sale of commodities communication, collaboration and creativity
- identify new business opportunities management skills
- assess supplier risks information skills
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- wholesale merchant in machine tools 81% covered · difficulty 23.1
- wholesale merchant in mining, construction and civil engineering machinery 81% covered · difficulty 23.1
- wholesale merchant in textile industry machinery 81% covered · difficulty 23.1
- wholesale merchant in china and other glassware 79% covered · difficulty 26.5
- wholesale merchant in agricultural machinery and equipment 77% covered · difficulty 27.9
- wholesale merchant in agricultural raw materials, seeds and animal feeds 77% covered · difficulty 27.9
- wholesale merchant in beverages 77% covered · difficulty 27.9
- wholesale merchant in chemical products 77% covered · difficulty 27.9
- wholesale merchant in clothing and footwear 77% covered · difficulty 27.9
- wholesale merchant in coffee, tea, cocoa and spices 77% covered · difficulty 27.9
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Wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. 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 wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft’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.