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Where a wholesale merchant in metals and metal ores can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a wholesale merchant in metals and metal ores already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Wholesale merchants in metals and metal ores investigate potential wholesale buyers and suppliers and match their needs. They conclude trades involving large quantities of goods.

Also known as wholesale merchandiser in metals and metal ores, B2B sales consultant in metals and metal ores, business to business seller in metals and metal ores, graduate wholesale merchant in metals and metal ores, wholesale buyer in metals and metal ores, business to business sales consultant in metals and metal ores, trainee wholesale merchant in metals and metal ores, wholesaler in metals and metal ores, senior wholesale merchant in metals and metal ores, wholesale trader in metals and metal ores, assistant wholesale merchant in metals and metal ores.

Technicians and associate professionals 19 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: wholesale merchant in household goods, 86%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 5 nearest destinations from wholesale merchant in metals and metal ores, 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 wholesale merchant in metals and metal ores 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.

wholesale merchant 48% covered · difficulty 63.5

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A wholesale merchant in metals and metal ores needs 19 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

metal and metal ore products 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
identify suppliers management skills
monitor international market performance information skills
comprehend financial business terminology information skills
sales strategies business, administration and law

Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a wholesale merchant in metals and metal ores does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

auction house manager 26% covered · difficulty 69.4

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Wholesale merchant in metals and metal ores 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 wholesale merchant in metals and metal ores’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.