International forwarding operations coordinator to customs and excise officer
An 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.
68.7/ 100
1 How much of what a customs and excise officer is expected to do is already part of an international forwarding operations coordinator’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 customs and excise officer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A customs and excise officer role treats 4 of its required skills as things an international forwarding operations coordinator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- 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 · 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 an international forwarding operations coordinator background worth leading with.
- 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 · What you may need to learn
The 24 missing skills fall into 7 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 import export regulations of dangerous chemicals required
- still to learn international import export regulations required
- still to learn international taxation of transfer prices required
- still to learn tax legislation required
- optional, not held regulations for international transportation optional
- still to learn calculate tax required
- still to learn undertake inspections required
- optional, not held prepare documentation for international shipping optional
- still to learn 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
- still to learn illegal substances required
- 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
- 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 · 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.
- 01 import export regulations of dangerous chemicals study this
- 02 international import export regulations study this
- 03 international taxation of transfer prices study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 6 skills that carry over
- 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
- optional, not held process payments optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- 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
- 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.
- still to learn import export regulations of dangerous chemicals required
- still to learn international import export regulations required
- still to learn international taxation of transfer prices required
- still to learn illegal substances required
- still to learn tax legislation required
- optional, not held regulations for international transportation optional
Other moves recorded from international forwarding operations coordinator
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- non-vessel operating common carrier 26% covered · career change
- shipping agent 25% covered · substantial
- forwarding manager 23% covered · career change
Full index of moves from international forwarding operations coordinator
Common questions about this move
Can an international forwarding operations coordinator become a customs and excise officer?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An international forwarding operations coordinator already covers 26% of what a customs and excise officer is expected to do: 6 skills carry over, 4 of which the customs and excise officer role treats as required.
What skills does an international forwarding operations coordinator need to become a customs and excise officer?
8 required skills are missing, plus 16 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by business, administration and law. The single most important is import export regulations of dangerous chemicals.
How hard is the move from international forwarding operations coordinator to customs and excise officer?
Its learning distance is 68.7 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.