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

non-vessel operating common carriertoshipping agent

A non-vessel operating common carrier already meets 43% of what the shipping agent role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From non-vessel operating common carrier
43%
Overlap1
To shipping agent
11 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
55.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

43%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

55.5/ 100

1 Share of the shipping agent role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the non-vessel operating common carrier 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 5 of its required skills as things a non-vessel operating common carrier already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply procedures to ensure cargo complies with customs regulations
  • control trade commercial documentation
  • keep up-to-date to current customs regulations
  • make bids in forward auctions
  • manage import export licenses

What stands in the way is 7 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 11 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 non-vessel operating common carrier background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held make bids in forward auctions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held book cargo communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held prepare bills of lading information skills
  • already held keep up-to-date to current customs regulations information skills
  • already held analyse shipping rates information skills
  • already held manage import export licenses information skills

All 11 carried skills, including the 5 the shipping agent role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 14 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 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held liaise with port users 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 liaise with transportation services 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 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held international import export regulations required
04 services 1 required
  • required, not held port regulation required
05 information skills 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held inspect freight optional
  • optional, not held keep written records of cargo optional
  • optional, not held observe freight shipment loaders optional
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 11 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 keep up-to-date to current customs regulations skill
  • already held make bids in forward auctions skill
  • already held manage import export licenses skill
  • already held analyse shipping rates skill
  • already held book cargo skill
  • already held coordinate export transportation activities skill
  • already held coordinate import transportation activities skill
  • already held handle shipment paperwork skill
  • already held prepare bills of lading skill
7 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 inspect freight optional
  • optional, not held keep written records of cargo optional
  • optional, not held liaise with transportation services optional
  • optional, not held observe freight shipment loaders optional
  • optional, not held administer multi-modal logistics optional
  • optional, not held create import-export commercial documentation optional
22 held skills the shipping agent role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role act reliably 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 have computer literacy skill
  • not needed by the target role international business knowledge
  • not needed by the target role international tariffs knowledge
  • 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 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 set import export strategies 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 different communication channels skill
  • 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
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 non-vessel operating common carrier

Full index of moves from non-vessel operating common carrier

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.