stevedore superintendenttoport coordinator
A stevedore superintendent already meets 43% of what the port coordinator role asks for. The move turns on 17 required skills not yet in the profile.
43%
64.6/ 100
1 Share of the port coordinator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the stevedore superintendent 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 port coordinator role treats 14 of its required skills as things a stevedore superintendent already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- anticipate logistics requirements for port operations
- apply safety management
- commodities in maritime transportation
- coordinate dock operations
- give instructions to staff
- liaise with port users
What stands in the way is 17 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 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A port coordinator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a stevedore superintendent background worth leading with.
- already held anticipate logistics requirements for port operations management skills
- already held manage port operations improvement procedures management skills
- already held commodities in maritime transportation services
- already held manage vessel cargo activities management skills
- already held port regulation services
- already held coordinate dock operations management skills
All 16 carried skills, including the 14 the port coordinator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 23 missing skills fall into 8 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 manage port operations required
- required, not held coordinate the itineraries of vessels required
- required, not held match vessels to shipping routes required
- required, not held supervise movement of passengers required
- required, not held anticipate installation maintenance required
- required, not held conduct full-scale emergency plan exercises required
- required, not held apply procedures to ensure cargo complies with customs regulations required
- required, not held ensure compliance with port regulations required
- required, not held ensure public safety and security required
- required, not held ensure ongoing compliance with regulations required
- optional, not held comply with checklists optional
- optional, not held manage the customer experience optional
- required, not held customs regulations for passengers required
- required, not held physical parts of the vessel required
- required, not held vessel traffic services required
- required, not held operate port communications systems required
- required, not held operate marine communication systems required
- required, not held load cargo onto ships required
- required, not held geographic areas required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a port coordinator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 manage port operations skill · occupation specific
- 02 apply procedures to ensure cargo complies with customs regulations skill · sector specific
- 03 coordinate the itineraries of vessels skill · 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 16 skills that carry over
- already held anticipate logistics requirements for port operations skill
- already held apply safety management skill
- already held commodities in maritime transportation knowledge
- already held coordinate dock operations skill
- already held give instructions to staff skill
- already held liaise with port users skill
- already held manage port operations improvement procedures skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held manage vessel cargo activities skill
- already held port regulation knowledge
- already held supervise loading of cargo skill
- already held supervise movement of crew skill
- already held supervise unloading of cargo skill
- already held types of maritime vessels knowledge
- already held manage ocean-going oil tankers skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held apply transportation management concepts optional
- optional, not held act reliably optional
- optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
- optional, not held have computer literacy optional
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held apply transportation management concepts optional
- optional, not held act reliably optional
- optional, not held comply with checklists optional
- optional, not held have computer literacy optional
- optional, not held manage the customer experience optional
- optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
32 held skills the port coordinator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adapt to changing situations skill
- not needed by the target role address problems critically skill
- not needed by the target role adjust priorities skill
- not needed by the target role cargo industry knowledge
- not needed by the target role cooperate with colleagues skill
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role distinguish various types of ships skill
- not needed by the target role dock operations knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with shipment regulations skill
- not needed by the target role ensure safe loading of goods according to stowage plan skill
- not needed by the target role freight transport methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role hazardous freight regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role health and safety in the workplace knowledge
- not needed by the target role international regulations for cargo handling knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with colleagues skill
- not needed by the target role make independent operating decisions skill
- not needed by the target role manage cargo handling skill
- not needed by the target role maritime telecommunications knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor storage space skill
- not needed by the target role national regulations on handling cargo knowledge
- not needed by the target role observe freight shipment loaders skill
- not needed by the target role plan shifts of employees skill
- not needed by the target role prepare freight shipment reports skill
- not needed by the target role project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role receive shipment packaging information skill
- not needed by the target role stack goods skill
- not needed by the target role transportation methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role types of cargo knowledge
- not needed by the target role vessel stability principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role warehouse operations knowledge
- not needed by the target role write inspection reports skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
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 customs regulations for passengers required
- required, not held physical parts of the vessel required
- required, not held vessel traffic services required
- required, not held geographic areas required
Other moves recorded from stevedore superintendent
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.