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A water traffic coordinator already meets 47% of what the port coordinator role asks for. The move turns on 17 required skills not yet in the profile.
47%
61.4/ 100
1 Share of the port coordinator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the water traffic 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 port coordinator role treats 14 of its required skills as things a water traffic coordinator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply procedures to ensure cargo complies with customs regulations
- commodities in maritime transportation
- coordinate dock operations
- coordinate the itineraries of vessels
- customs regulations for passengers
- ensure compliance with port regulations
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 19 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 water traffic coordinator background worth leading with.
- already held operate port communications systems working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held manage port operations improvement procedures management skills
- already held commodities in maritime transportation services
- already held coordinate the itineraries of vessels management skills
- already held ensure compliance with port regulations assisting and caring
- already held port regulation services
All 19 carried skills, including the 14 the port coordinator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 20 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 manage port operations required
- required, not held anticipate logistics requirements for port operations required
- required, not held manage vessel cargo activities required
- required, not held supervise loading of cargo required
- required, not held supervise movement of crew required
- required, not held supervise movement of passengers required
- required, not held supervise unloading of cargo required
- required, not held anticipate installation maintenance required
- required, not held conduct full-scale emergency plan exercises required
- required, not held manage staff required
- required, not held ensure public safety and security required
- required, not held apply safety management required
- required, not held ensure ongoing compliance with regulations required
- optional, not held manage the customer experience optional
- required, not held give instructions to staff required
- optional, not held apply transportation management concepts optional
- required, not held geographic areas required
- required, not held physical parts of the vessel required
- required, not held operate marine communication systems required
1 further area 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 anticipate logistics requirements for port operations skill · sector specific
- 03 ensure public safety and security 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 19 skills that carry over
- already held apply procedures to ensure cargo complies with customs regulations skill
- already held commodities in maritime transportation knowledge
- already held coordinate dock operations skill
- already held coordinate the itineraries of vessels skill
- already held customs regulations for passengers knowledge
- already held ensure compliance with port regulations skill
- already held liaise with port users skill
- already held load cargo onto ships skill
- already held manage port operations improvement procedures skill
- already held match vessels to shipping routes skill
- already held operate port communications systems skill
- already held port regulation knowledge
- already held types of maritime vessels knowledge
- already held vessel traffic services knowledge
- already held act reliably skill
- already held comply with checklists skill
- already held have computer literacy skill
- already held perform services in a flexible manner skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held manage ocean-going oil tankers optional
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held apply transportation management concepts optional
- optional, not held manage ocean-going oil tankers optional
- optional, not held manage the customer experience optional
15 held skills the port coordinator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role anticipate shipment handling requirements skill
- not needed by the target role develop efficiency plans for maritime shipping skill
- not needed by the target role ensure vessel compliance with regulations skill
- not needed by the target role freight transport methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role implement cost-effective cargo handling strategies on ships skill
- not needed by the target role implement efficiency plans for logistics operations skill
- not needed by the target role manage dispatch software systems skill
- not needed by the target role maritime telecommunications knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform manual work autonomously skill
- not needed by the target role prepare transportation routes skill
- not needed by the target role principles of cargo stowage knowledge
- not needed by the target role transportation methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role verify qualifications of water transport crew skill
- not needed by the target role vessel stability principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role warehouse operations knowledge
2 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 physical parts of the vessel required
- required, not held geographic areas required
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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.