Non-vessel operating common carrier to international forwarding operations coordinator
A non-vessel operating common carrier already meets 41% of what the international forwarding operations coordinator role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
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1 How much of what an international forwarding operations coordinator is expected to do is already part of a non-vessel operating common carrier’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 international forwarding operations coordinator role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An international forwarding operations coordinator role treats 7 of its required skills as things a non-vessel operating common carrier 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
- international business
- manage import export licenses
What stands in the way is 10 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. An international forwarding operations coordinator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a non-vessel operating common carrier 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 7 the international forwarding operations coordinator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 13 missing skills fall into 5 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 foster relationships with various types of carrier required
- still to learn liaise with transportation services required
- still to learn work in a logistics team required
- still to learn write routine reports required
- still to learn write work-related reports required
- optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
- optional, not held show intercultural awareness optional
- still to learn assess carriers required
- still to learn manage carriers required
- optional, not held tolerate stress optional
- still to learn respond to requests for logistics services from all over the world required
- still to learn analyse work-related written reports required
- still to learn perform ICT troubleshooting required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an international forwarding operations coordinator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 respond to requests for logistics services from all over the world practise this
- 02 assess carriers practise this
- 03 foster relationships with various types of carrier 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 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 international business knowledge
- already held manage import export licenses skill
- already held set import export strategies skill
- already held have computer literacy skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held tolerate stress optional
- optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
- optional, not held show intercultural awareness optional
24 held skills the international forwarding operations coordinator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role act reliably skill
- not needed by the target role analyse shipping rates skill
- not needed by the target role book cargo skill
- not needed by the target role cartography knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with shipment regulations skill
- not needed by the target role handle shipment paperwork skill
- not needed by the target role international tariffs knowledge
- not needed by the target role keep up-to-date to current customs regulations skill
- not needed by the target role make bids in forward auctions skill
- not needed by the target role manage freight payment methods skill
- not needed by the target role match vessels to shipping routes skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate logistics services skill
- not needed by the target role oversee cargo storage requirements skill
- not needed by the target role plan transport operations skill
- not needed by the target role prepare bills of lading skill
- not needed by the target role prepare freight shipment reports skill
- not needed by the target role principles of cargo stowage knowledge
- not needed by the target role receive shipment packaging information skill
- not needed by the target role types of maritime vessels knowledge
- not needed by the target role types of packaging used in industrial shipments knowledge
- not needed by the target role use maritime English skill
- not needed by the target role vessel stability principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role weigh shipments skill
Other moves recorded from non-vessel operating common carrier
- shipping agent 43% covered · substantial
- forwarding manager 36% covered · substantial
- marine cargo inspector 24% covered · substantial
- customs and excise officer 24% covered · substantial
Full index of moves from non-vessel operating common carrier
Common questions about this move
Can a non-vessel operating common carrier become an international forwarding operations coordinator?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A non-vessel operating common carrier already covers 41% of what an international forwarding operations coordinator is expected to do: 9 skills carry over, 7 of which the international forwarding operations coordinator role treats as required.
What skills does a non-vessel operating common carrier need to become an international forwarding operations coordinator?
10 required skills are missing, plus 3 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is respond to requests for logistics services from all over the world.
How hard is the move from non-vessel operating common carrier to international forwarding operations coordinator?
Its learning distance is 58 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.