port coordinatortoship pilot dispatcher
A port coordinator already meets 21% of what the ship pilot dispatcher role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
21%
74.3/ 100
1 Share of the ship pilot dispatcher role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the port 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 this move works
A ship pilot dispatcher role treats 2 of its required skills as things a port coordinator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- liaise with port users
- vessel traffic services
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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A ship pilot dispatcher role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a port coordinator background worth leading with.
- already held vessel traffic services services
- already held match vessels to shipping routes management skills
- already held liaise with port users communication, collaboration and creativity
- 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 6 carried skills, including the 2 the ship pilot dispatcher role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 15 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 write dock records required
- required, not held measure ship tonnage required
- required, not held monitor the validity of ship certificates required
- required, not held prepare documentation for international shipping required
- required, not held stay up-to-date with maritime transportation technology required
- required, not held provide accurate information on water routes required
- required, not held liaise with transportation services required
- required, not held guide ships into docks required
- required, not held operate radio equipment required
- required, not held review ship documentation required
- optional, not held ensure that shipment contents correspond with shipping documentation optional
- required, not held international tariffs required
- optional, not held International Maritime Organisation conventions optional
- required, not held dock operations required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a ship pilot dispatcher role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 provide accurate information on water routes skill · occupation specific
- 02 write dock records skill · occupation specific
- 03 dock operations knowledge · 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 6 skills that carry over
- already held liaise with port users skill
- already held vessel traffic services knowledge
- already held act reliably skill
- already held have computer literacy skill
- already held match vessels to shipping routes skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held maritime telecommunications optional
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held International Maritime Organisation conventions optional
- optional, not held ensure that shipment contents correspond with shipping documentation optional
- optional, not held maritime telecommunications optional
33 held skills the ship pilot dispatcher role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role anticipate installation maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role anticipate logistics requirements for port operations skill
- not needed by the target role apply procedures to ensure cargo complies with customs regulations skill
- not needed by the target role apply safety management skill
- not needed by the target role apply transportation management concepts skill
- not needed by the target role commodities in maritime transportation knowledge
- not needed by the target role comply with checklists skill
- not needed by the target role conduct full-scale emergency plan exercises skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate dock operations skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate the itineraries of vessels skill
- not needed by the target role customs regulations for passengers knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with port regulations skill
- not needed by the target role ensure ongoing compliance with regulations skill
- not needed by the target role ensure public safety and security skill
- not needed by the target role geographic areas knowledge
- not needed by the target role give instructions to staff skill
- not needed by the target role load cargo onto ships skill
- not needed by the target role manage ocean-going oil tankers skill
- not needed by the target role manage port operations skill
- not needed by the target role manage port operations improvement procedures skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role manage the customer experience skill
- not needed by the target role manage vessel cargo activities skill
- not needed by the target role operate marine communication systems skill
- not needed by the target role operate port communications systems skill
- not needed by the target role perform services in a flexible manner skill
- not needed by the target role physical parts of the vessel knowledge
- not needed by the target role port regulation knowledge
- not needed by the target role supervise loading of cargo skill
- not needed by the target role supervise movement of crew skill
- not needed by the target role supervise movement of passengers skill
- not needed by the target role supervise unloading of cargo skill
- not needed by the target role types of maritime vessels knowledge
4 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 dock operations required
- required, not held international tariffs required
- optional, not held International Maritime Organisation conventions optional
- optional, not held maritime telecommunications optional
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.