Maritime water transport general manager to vessel operations coordinator
A maritime water transport general manager already meets 21% of what the vessel operations coordinator role asks for. The move turns on 22 required skills not yet in the profile.
82.8/ 100
1 How much of what a vessel operations coordinator is expected to do is already part of a maritime water transport general manager’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 vessel operations coordinator role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A vessel operations coordinator role treats 6 of its required skills as things a maritime water transport general manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- International Maritime Organisation conventions
- develop efficiency plans for maritime shipping
- manage vessel fleet
- maritime law
- match vessels to shipping routes
- types of maritime vessels
What stands in the way is 22 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A vessel operations coordinator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a maritime water transport general manager background worth leading with.
- already held develop efficiency plans for maritime shipping management skills
- already held manage vessel fleet management skills
- already held International Maritime Organisation conventions business, administration and law
- already held match vessels to shipping routes management skills
- already held maritime law business, administration and law
- already held types of maritime vessels engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 8 carried skills, including the 6 the vessel operations coordinator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 31 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 establish draft annual schedules for vessels required
- still to learn manage vessel deck operations required
- still to learn consider constraints in maritime shipping required
- still to learn coordinate the itineraries of vessels required
- still to learn plan procedures for cargo operations required
- still to learn supervise loading of cargo required
- still to learn supervise unloading of cargo required
- still to learn consider time zones in execution of work required
- optional, not held manage the lightering operation optional
- optional, not held adjust priorities optional
- optional, not held manage staff optional
- still to learn inspect maritime operations required
- still to learn assess vessel capability required
- still to learn calculate the amount of cargo on a vessel required
- still to learn maintain vessel inventory required
- still to learn conduct on board safety inspections required
- still to learn physical parts of the vessel required
- still to learn principles of cargo stowage required
- still to learn types of cargo required
- still to learn vessel traffic services required
- still to learn advise on tanker operations required
- still to learn advise on maritime regulations required
- still to learn negotiate prices for transport of cargo required
- optional, not held work in a water transport team optional
- optional, not held write emergency instructions for handling of dangerous goods optional
- optional, not held give instructions to staff optional
- optional, not held use maritime English optional
- still to learn apply regulations on cargo transport operations required
- still to learn ensure incident free execution of voyages required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a vessel operations coordinator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 advise on tanker operations practise this
- 02 ensure incident free execution of voyages practise this
- 03 establish draft annual schedules for vessels practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 8 skills that carry over
- already held International Maritime Organisation conventions knowledge
- already held develop efficiency plans for maritime shipping skill
- already held manage vessel fleet skill
- already held maritime law knowledge
- already held match vessels to shipping routes skill
- already held types of maritime vessels knowledge
- already held act reliably skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held have computer literacy optional
- optional, not held use microsoft office optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held manage the lightering operation optional
- optional, not held work in a water transport team optional
- optional, not held write emergency instructions for handling of dangerous goods optional
- optional, not held adjust priorities optional
- optional, not held give instructions to staff optional
- optional, not held have computer literacy optional
- optional, not held manage staff optional
- optional, not held use maritime English optional
- optional, not held use microsoft office optional
22 held skills the vessel operations coordinator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role Global Maritime Distress and Safety System knowledge
- not needed by the target role attend to detail in preparation for audits skill
- not needed by the target role carry out environmental audits skill
- not needed by the target role communicate vessel requirements skill
- not needed by the target role financial capability knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with colleagues skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with port users skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with transportation companies skill
- not needed by the target role manage diversification of maritime operations skill
- not needed by the target role manage ocean-going oil tankers skill
- not needed by the target role manage safety standards for maritime water transport skill
- not needed by the target role monitor maritime operations skill
- not needed by the target role optimise fleet usability skill
- not needed by the target role participate as observer in different types of audits in the food sector skill
- not needed by the target role plan daily ship operations skill
- not needed by the target role prepare audit schemes for ships skill
- not needed by the target role read ship operational data skill
- not needed by the target role simplify communication in maritime management skill
- not needed by the target role verify qualifications of water transport crew skill
- not needed by the target role write routine reports skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
4 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 physical parts of the vessel required
- still to learn principles of cargo stowage required
- still to learn types of cargo required
- still to learn vessel traffic services required
Other moves recorded from maritime water transport general manager
- inland water transport general manager 32% covered · substantial
- water traffic coordinator 19% covered · career change
- ship duty engineer 18% covered · career change
Full index of moves from maritime water transport general manager
Common questions about this move
Can a maritime water transport general manager become a vessel operations coordinator?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A maritime water transport general manager already covers 21% of what a vessel operations coordinator is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 6 of which the vessel operations coordinator role treats as required.
What skills does a maritime water transport general manager need to become a vessel operations coordinator?
22 required skills are missing, plus 9 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is advise on tanker operations.
How hard is the move from maritime water transport general manager to vessel operations coordinator?
Its learning distance is 82.8 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.