Shipping agent to customs and excise officer

• 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

• 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

• 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

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

• still to learn import export regulations of dangerous chemicals required
• still to learn international taxation of transfer prices required
• still to learn illegal substances required
• still to learn international business required
• still to learn tax legislation required
• optional, not held regulations for international transportation optional

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A shipping agent already covers 26% of what a customs and excise officer is expected to do: 6 skills carry over, 4 of which the customs and excise officer role treats as required.

8 required skills are missing, plus 16 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by business, administration and law. The single most important is import export regulations of dangerous chemicals.

Its learning distance is 68 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.