shipping agenttocustoms and excise officer
A shipping agent already meets 26% of what the customs and excise officer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
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1 Share of the customs and excise officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the shipping agent 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 customs and excise officer role treats 4 of its required skills as things a shipping agent already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- control trade commercial documentation
- coordinate import transportation activities
- international import export regulations
- manage import export licenses
What stands in the way is 8 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 customs and excise officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a shipping agent background worth leading with.
- already held provide advice to clients in terms of export restrictions communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held provide advice to clients in terms of import restrictions communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held manage import export licenses information skills
- already held coordinate import transportation activities management skills
- already held control trade commercial documentation assisting and caring
- already held international import export regulations business, administration and law
All 6 carried skills, including the 4 the customs and excise officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 24 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 import export regulations of dangerous chemicals required
- required, not held international taxation of transfer prices required
- required, not held international business required
- required, not held tax legislation required
- optional, not held regulations for international transportation optional
- required, not held calculate tax required
- required, not held undertake inspections required
- optional, not held prepare documentation for international shipping optional
- required, not held handle surveillance equipment required
- optional, not held check official documents optional
- optional, not held comply with legal regulations optional
- optional, not held patrol areas optional
- optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
- required, not held illegal substances required
- optional, not held conduct research interview optional
- optional, not held give instructions to staff optional
- optional, not held maintain operational communications optional
- optional, not held present evidence optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- optional, not held write work-related reports optional
- optional, not held select items for auction optional
- optional, not held train animals for professional purposes optional
- optional, not held transport dangerous goods optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a customs and excise officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 import export regulations of dangerous chemicals knowledge · sector specific
- 02 international taxation of transfer prices knowledge · sector specific
- 03 calculate tax skill · cross sector
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 control trade commercial documentation skill
- already held coordinate import transportation activities skill
- already held international import export regulations knowledge
- already held manage import export licenses skill
- already held provide advice to clients in terms of export restrictions skill
- already held provide advice to clients in terms of import restrictions skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held process payments optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held prepare documentation for international shipping optional
- optional, not held regulations for international transportation optional
- optional, not held select items for auction optional
- optional, not held train animals for professional purposes optional
- optional, not held check official documents optional
- optional, not held comply with legal regulations optional
- optional, not held conduct research interview optional
- optional, not held give instructions to staff optional
- optional, not held maintain operational communications optional
- optional, not held patrol areas optional
- optional, not held present evidence optional
- optional, not held process payments optional
- optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
- optional, not held transport dangerous goods optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- optional, not held write work-related reports optional
19 held skills the customs and excise officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role administer multi-modal logistics skill
- not needed by the target role analyse shipping rates skill
- not needed by the target role apply procedures to ensure cargo complies with customs regulations skill
- not needed by the target role book cargo skill
- not needed by the target role comply with regulations related to export in different countries skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate export transportation activities skill
- not needed by the target role create import-export commercial documentation skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with port regulations skill
- not needed by the target role handle shipment paperwork skill
- not needed by the target role inspect freight skill
- not needed by the target role keep up-to-date to current customs regulations skill
- not needed by the target role keep written records of cargo skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with port users skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with transportation services skill
- not needed by the target role make bids in forward auctions skill
- not needed by the target role observe freight shipment loaders skill
- not needed by the target role oversee arrival and departure of ships into port skill
- not needed by the target role port regulation knowledge
- not needed by the target role prepare bills of lading skill
6 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 import export regulations of dangerous chemicals required
- required, not held international taxation of transfer prices required
- required, not held illegal substances required
- required, not held international business required
- required, not held tax legislation required
- optional, not held regulations for international transportation 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.