Import export specialist to import export manager in fruit and vegetables
An import export specialist already meets 61% of what the import export manager in fruit and vegetables role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
45/ 100
1 How much of what an import export manager in fruit and vegetables is expected to do is already part of an import export specialist’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the import export manager in fruit and vegetables role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An import export manager in fruit and vegetables role treats 17 of its required skills as things an import export specialist already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- abide by business ethical code of conducts
- apply conflict management
- build rapport with people from different cultural backgrounds
- create solutions to problems
- embargo regulations
- ensure customs compliance
What stands in the way is 11 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An import export manager in fruit and vegetables role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an import export specialist background worth leading with.
- already held fruit and vegetable products agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held protective measures against the introduction of organisms natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held food hygiene rules services
- already held general principles of food law engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held export control principles business, administration and law
- already held regulations on substances natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
All 17 carried skills, including the 17 the import export manager in fruit and vegetables role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 11 missing skills fall into 3 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn produce sales reports required
- still to learn comprehend financial business terminology required
- still to learn maintain financial records required
- still to learn monitor international market performance required
- still to learn perform financial risk management in international trade required
- still to learn direct distribution operations required
- still to learn managing a business with great care required
- still to learn set import export strategies required
- still to learn conduct performance measurement required
- still to learn manage processes required
- still to learn control trade commercial documentation required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an import export manager in fruit and vegetables role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 control trade commercial documentation practise this
- 02 direct distribution operations practise this
- 03 managing a business with great care practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 17 skills that carry over
- already held abide by business ethical code of conducts skill
- already held apply conflict management skill
- already held build rapport with people from different cultural backgrounds skill
- already held create solutions to problems skill
- already held embargo regulations knowledge
- already held ensure customs compliance skill
- already held export control principles knowledge
- already held food hygiene rules knowledge
- already held fruit and vegetable products knowledge
- already held general principles of food law knowledge
- already held have computer literacy skill
- already held international commercial transactions rules knowledge
- already held international import export regulations knowledge
- already held meet deadlines skill
- already held protective measures against the introduction of organisms knowledge
- already held regulations on substances knowledge
- already held speak different languages skill
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
76 held skills the import export manager in fruit and vegetables role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ICT software specifications knowledge
- not needed by the target role administer multi-modal logistics skill
- not needed by the target role agricultural equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role agricultural raw materials, seeds and animal feed products knowledge
- not needed by the target role animal health rules of distribution of products of animal origin knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply export strategies skill
- not needed by the target role apply for refunds skill
- not needed by the target role apply import strategies skill
- not needed by the target role apply regulations regarding the sale of alcoholic beverages skill
- not needed by the target role arrange customs documents skill
- not needed by the target role arrange customs inspection skill
- not needed by the target role beverage products knowledge
- not needed by the target role chemical products knowledge
- not needed by the target role clothing and footwear products knowledge
- not needed by the target role clothing industry knowledge
- not needed by the target role coffee, tea, cocoa and spice products knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with shipment forwarders skill
- not needed by the target role communication principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role computer equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role construction products knowledge
- not needed by the target role create import-export commercial documentation skill
- not needed by the target role dairy and edible oil products knowledge
- not needed by the target role electrical household appliances products knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronic and telecommunication equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role export regulations of dual-use goods knowledge
- not needed by the target role file claims with insurance companies skill
- not needed by the target role fish, crustacean and mollusc products knowledge
- not needed by the target role flower and plant products knowledge
- not needed by the target role food and beverage industry knowledge
- not needed by the target role footwear industry knowledge
- not needed by the target role furniture, carpet and lighting equipment products knowledge
- not needed by the target role glassware products knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle carriers skill
- not needed by the target role handle quotes from prospective shippers skill
- not needed by the target role hardware, plumbing and heating equipment products knowledge
- not needed by the target role hides, skins and leather products knowledge
- not needed by the target role household products knowledge
- not needed by the target role import export regulations of dangerous chemicals knowledge
- not needed by the target role industrial tools knowledge
36 further entries not listed here
Other moves recorded from import export specialist
Common questions about this move
Can an import export specialist become an import export manager in fruit and vegetables?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An import export specialist already covers 61% of what an import export manager in fruit and vegetables is expected to do: 17 skills carry over, 17 of which the import export manager in fruit and vegetables role treats as required.
What skills does an import export specialist need to become an import export manager in fruit and vegetables?
11 required skills are missing, plus 0 optional ones. They fall into 3 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is control trade commercial documentation.
How hard is the move from import export specialist to import export manager in fruit and vegetables?
Its learning distance is 45 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.