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

international forwarding operations coordinatortoshipping agent

A international forwarding operations coordinator already meets 24% of what the shipping agent role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From international forwarding operations coordinator
24%
Overlap1
To shipping agent
6 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
70.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

24%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

70.8/ 100

1 Share of the shipping agent 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 shipping agent role treats 3 of its required skills as things a international forwarding operations coordinator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply procedures to ensure cargo complies with customs regulations
  • control trade commercial documentation
  • manage import export licenses

What stands in the way is 9 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 shipping agent 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 liaise with transportation services communication, collaboration and creativity
  • 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 control trade commercial documentation assisting and caring

All 6 carried skills, including the 3 the shipping agent role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 missing skills fall into 6 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held liaise with port users required
  • required, not held make bids in forward auctions required
  • required, not held provide advice to clients in terms of export restrictions required
  • required, not held provide advice to clients in terms of import restrictions required
  • optional, not held book cargo optional
  • optional, not held create import-export commercial documentation optional
02 assisting and caring 2 required
  • required, not held ensure compliance with port regulations required
  • required, not held comply with regulations related to export in different countries required
03 information skills 1 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held keep up-to-date to current customs regulations required
  • optional, not held analyse shipping rates optional
  • optional, not held handle shipment paperwork optional
  • optional, not held inspect freight optional
  • optional, not held keep written records of cargo optional
  • optional, not held observe freight shipment loaders optional
  • optional, not held prepare bills of lading optional
04 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held international import export regulations required
05 services 1 required
  • required, not held port regulation required
06 management skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held oversee arrival and departure of ships into port optional
  • optional, not held administer multi-modal logistics optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a shipping agent 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 apply procedures to ensure cargo complies with customs regulations skill
  • already held control trade commercial documentation skill
  • already held manage import export licenses skill
  • already held coordinate export transportation activities skill
  • already held coordinate import transportation activities skill
  • already held liaise with transportation services skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held oversee arrival and departure of ships into port optional
  • optional, not held analyse shipping rates optional
  • optional, not held book cargo optional
  • optional, not held handle shipment paperwork optional
  • optional, not held inspect freight optional
  • optional, not held keep written records of cargo optional
  • optional, not held observe freight shipment loaders optional
  • optional, not held prepare bills of lading optional
  • optional, not held administer multi-modal logistics optional
  • optional, not held create import-export commercial documentation optional
16 held skills the shipping agent 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 assess carriers 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 international business knowledge
  • 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 use different communication channels 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
2 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 international import export regulations required
  • required, not held port regulation required
Index

Other moves recorded from international forwarding operations coordinator

Full index of moves from international forwarding operations coordinator

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.