maritime pilottocontainer crane operator
A maritime pilot already meets 18% of what the container crane operator role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
18%
73.4/ 100
1 Share of the container crane operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the maritime pilot 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 this move works
A container crane operator role treats 2 of its required skills as things a maritime pilot already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- assist in the movement of heavy loads
- use rigging tools
What stands in the way is 12 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 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A container crane operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a maritime pilot background worth leading with.
- already held assist in the movement of heavy loads handling and moving
- already held use rigging tools constructing
- already held act reliably communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held have computer literacy working with computers
- already held use different communication channels communication, collaboration and creativity
All 5 carried skills, including the 2 the container crane operator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 17 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.
- required, not held operate railway lever frames required
- required, not held organise weight of loads according to lifting equipment capacity required
- required, not held conduct routine machinery checks required
- required, not held operate cranes required
- required, not held inspect crane equipment required
- required, not held maintain crane equipment required
- required, not held set up crane required
- required, not held stay alert required
- optional, not held work in a logistics team optional
- optional, not held follow verbal instructions optional
- optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
- required, not held load cargo onto ships required
- optional, not held stack goods optional
- required, not held check quality of products on the production line required
- optional, not held have spatial awareness optional
- required, not held perform high risk work required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a container crane operator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 check quality of products on the production line skill · sector specific
- 02 inspect crane equipment skill · sector specific
- 03 load cargo onto ships skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 5 skills that carry over
- already held assist in the movement of heavy loads skill
- already held use rigging tools skill
- already held act reliably skill
- already held have computer literacy skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- required, not held loading charts for transportation of goods required
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held work in a logistics team optional
- optional, not held follow verbal instructions optional
- optional, not held have spatial awareness optional
- optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
- optional, not held stack goods optional
25 held skills the container crane operator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse weather forecast skill
- not needed by the target role anchor ships to the port skill
- not needed by the target role assist in maritime rescue operations skill
- not needed by the target role assist water-based navigation skill
- not needed by the target role balance transportation cargo skill
- not needed by the target role carry out ship-to-shore operations skill
- not needed by the target role conduct water navigation skill
- not needed by the target role cooperate with colleagues skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate dock operations skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with port regulations skill
- not needed by the target role guide ships into docks skill
- not needed by the target role local waters of the port knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain ship logs skill
- not needed by the target role manipulate sails on vessels skill
- not needed by the target role monitor aviation meteorology skill
- not needed by the target role plan pilotage skill
- not needed by the target role principles of cargo stowage knowledge
- not needed by the target role regulate the speed of ships in ports skill
- not needed by the target role steer vessels in ports skill
- not needed by the target role use meteorological information skill
- not needed by the target role use water navigation devices skill
- not needed by the target role vessel points of sail knowledge
- not needed by the target role vessel stability principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role vessel traffic services knowledge
- not needed by the target role work in a water transport team skill
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held loading charts for transportation of goods required
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.