Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

international forwarding operations coordinatortocustoms and excise officer

A international forwarding operations coordinator already meets 26% of what the customs and excise officer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From international forwarding operations coordinator
26%
Overlap1
To customs and excise officer
6 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
68.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

26%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

68.7/ 100

1 Share of the customs and excise officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the international forwarding operations coordinator profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A customs and excise officer role treats 4 of its required skills as things a international forwarding operations coordinator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • control trade commercial documentation
  • coordinate import transportation activities
  • international business
  • manage import export licenses

What stands in the way is 8 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A customs and excise officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a international forwarding operations coordinator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held manage import export licenses information skills
  • already held coordinate import transportation activities management skills
  • already held control trade commercial documentation assisting and caring
  • already held international business business, administration and law
  • already held write work-related reports communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held use different communication channels communication, collaboration and creativity

All 6 carried skills, including the 4 the customs and excise officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 24 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 business, administration and law 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held import export regulations of dangerous chemicals required
  • required, not held international import export regulations required
  • required, not held international taxation of transfer prices required
  • required, not held tax legislation required
  • optional, not held regulations for international transportation optional
02 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held calculate tax required
  • required, not held undertake inspections required
  • optional, not held prepare documentation for international shipping optional
03 assisting and caring 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held handle surveillance equipment required
  • optional, not held check official documents optional
  • optional, not held comply with legal regulations optional
  • optional, not held patrol areas optional
  • optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
04 services 1 required
  • required, not held illegal substances required
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 6 supplementary
  • optional, not held provide advice to clients in terms of export restrictions optional
  • optional, not held provide advice to clients in terms of import restrictions optional
  • optional, not held conduct research interview optional
  • optional, not held give instructions to staff optional
  • optional, not held maintain operational communications optional
  • optional, not held present evidence optional
06 handling and moving 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held select items for auction optional
  • optional, not held train animals for professional purposes optional
  • optional, not held transport dangerous goods optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a customs and excise officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 6 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held control trade commercial documentation skill
  • already held coordinate import transportation activities skill
  • already held international business knowledge
  • already held manage import export licenses skill
  • already held use different communication channels skill
  • already held write work-related reports skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held process payments optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held prepare documentation for international shipping optional
  • optional, not held provide advice to clients in terms of export restrictions optional
  • optional, not held provide advice to clients in terms of import restrictions optional
  • optional, not held regulations for international transportation optional
  • optional, not held select items for auction optional
  • optional, not held train animals for professional purposes optional
  • optional, not held check official documents optional
  • optional, not held comply with legal regulations optional
  • optional, not held conduct research interview optional
  • optional, not held give instructions to staff optional
  • optional, not held maintain operational communications optional
  • optional, not held patrol areas optional
  • optional, not held present evidence optional
  • optional, not held process payments optional
  • optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
  • optional, not held transport dangerous goods optional
16 held skills the customs and excise officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse work-related written reports skill
  • not needed by the target role apply procedures to ensure cargo complies with customs regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role assess carriers skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate export transportation activities skill
  • not needed by the target role foster relationships with various types of carrier skill
  • not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with transportation services skill
  • not needed by the target role manage carriers skill
  • not needed by the target role perform ICT troubleshooting skill
  • not needed by the target role perform services in a flexible manner skill
  • not needed by the target role respond to requests for logistics services from all over the world skill
  • not needed by the target role set import export strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role show intercultural awareness skill
  • not needed by the target role tolerate stress skill
  • not needed by the target role work in a logistics team skill
  • not needed by the target role write routine reports skill
6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held import export regulations of dangerous chemicals required
  • required, not held international import export regulations required
  • required, not held international taxation of transfer prices required
  • required, not held illegal substances required
  • required, not held tax legislation required
  • optional, not held regulations for international transportation optional
Index
Note

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.