International forwarding operations coordinator to non-vessel operating common carrier
An international forwarding operations coordinator already meets 26% of what the non-vessel operating common carrier role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.
76.6/ 100
1 How much of what a non-vessel operating common carrier 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 non-vessel operating common carrier role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A non-vessel operating common carrier role treats 6 of its required skills as things an international forwarding operations coordinator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply procedures to ensure cargo complies with customs regulations
- control trade commercial documentation
- coordinate export transportation activities
- coordinate import transportation activities
- manage import export licenses
- set import export strategies
What stands in the way is 18 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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A non-vessel operating common carrier 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 apply procedures to ensure cargo complies with customs regulations assisting and caring
- already held coordinate export transportation activities management skills
- already held coordinate import transportation activities management skills
- already held set import export strategies management skills
- already held control trade commercial documentation assisting and caring
All 9 carried skills, including the 6 the non-vessel operating common carrier role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 24 missing skills fall into 8 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 analyse shipping rates required
- still to learn handle shipment paperwork required
- still to learn keep up-to-date to current customs regulations required
- still to learn prepare bills of lading required
- still to learn prepare freight shipment reports required
- still to learn weigh shipments required
- still to learn manage freight payment methods required
- still to learn match vessels to shipping routes required
- still to learn oversee cargo storage requirements required
- still to learn plan transport operations required
- still to learn book cargo required
- still to learn make bids in forward auctions required
- still to learn use maritime English required
- optional, not held negotiate logistics services optional
- optional, not held act reliably optional
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- still to learn principles of cargo stowage required
- still to learn types of packaging used in industrial shipments required
- optional, not held vessel stability principles optional
- still to learn cartography required
- optional, not held types of maritime vessels optional
- still to learn ensure compliance with shipment regulations required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a non-vessel operating common carrier 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 · The rest of the record
All 9 skills that carry over
- already held apply procedures to ensure cargo complies with customs regulations skill
- already held control trade commercial documentation skill
- already held coordinate export transportation activities skill
- already held coordinate import transportation activities skill
- already held manage import export licenses skill
- already held set import export strategies skill
- already held have computer literacy skill
- already held international business knowledge
- already held use different communication channels skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn international tariffs required
- optional, not held receive shipment packaging information optional
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held negotiate logistics services optional
- optional, not held receive shipment packaging information optional
- optional, not held types of maritime vessels optional
- optional, not held vessel stability principles optional
- optional, not held act reliably optional
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
13 held skills the non-vessel operating common carrier role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse work-related written reports skill
- not needed by the target role assess carriers skill
- not needed by the target role foster relationships with various types of carrier 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 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
- not needed by the target role write work-related 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 cartography required
- still to learn international tariffs required
- still to learn principles of cargo stowage required
- still to learn types of packaging used in industrial shipments required
- optional, not held types of maritime vessels optional
- optional, not held vessel stability principles optional
Other moves recorded from international forwarding operations coordinator
- aviation data communications manager 29% covered · substantial
- customs and excise officer 26% covered · substantial
- 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 non-vessel operating common carrier?
Yes, and it is a career change move. An international forwarding operations coordinator already covers 26% of what a non-vessel operating common carrier is expected to do: 9 skills carry over, 6 of which the non-vessel operating common carrier role treats as required.
What skills does an international forwarding operations coordinator need to become a non-vessel operating common carrier?
18 required skills are missing, plus 6 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is analyse shipping rates.
How hard is the move from international forwarding operations coordinator to non-vessel operating common carrier?
Its learning distance is 76.6 out of 100, which is the career change 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.