Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

import export specialisttoimport export manager in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft

A import export specialist already meets 62% of what the import export manager in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

From import export specialist
62%
Overlap1
To import export manager in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft
18 Skills carried over
11 Required, not held
44.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

62%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

44.2/ 100

1 Share of the import export manager in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the import export specialist 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

Why this move works

A import export manager in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft role treats 18 of its required skills as things a import export specialist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • abide by business ethical code of conducts
  • apply conflict management
  • build rapport with people from different cultural backgrounds
  • create solutions to problems
  • embargo regulations
  • ensure customs compliance

What stands in the way is 11 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A import export manager in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a import export specialist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held machinery products engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held types of aircraft engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held export regulations of dual-use goods business, administration and law
  • already held industrial tools engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held import export regulations of dangerous chemicals business, administration and law
  • already held types of maritime vessels engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 18 carried skills, including the 18 the import export manager in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 11 missing skills fall into 3 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 information skills 5 required
  • required, not held produce sales reports required
  • required, not held comprehend financial business terminology required
  • required, not held maintain financial records required
  • required, not held monitor international market performance required
  • required, not held perform financial risk management in international trade required
02 management skills 5 required
  • required, not held direct distribution operations required
  • required, not held managing a business with great care required
  • required, not held set import export strategies required
  • required, not held conduct performance measurement required
  • required, not held manage processes required
03 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held control trade commercial documentation required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a import export manager in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 18 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held abide by business ethical code of conducts skill
  • already held apply conflict management skill
  • already held build rapport with people from different cultural backgrounds skill
  • already held create solutions to problems skill
  • already held embargo regulations knowledge
  • already held ensure customs compliance skill
  • already held export control principles knowledge
  • already held export regulations of dual-use goods knowledge
  • already held have computer literacy skill
  • already held import export regulations of dangerous chemicals knowledge
  • already held industrial tools knowledge
  • already held international commercial transactions rules knowledge
  • already held international import export regulations knowledge
  • already held machinery products knowledge
  • already held meet deadlines skill
  • already held speak different languages skill
  • already held types of aircraft knowledge
  • already held types of maritime vessels knowledge
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
75 held skills the import export manager in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role ICT software specifications knowledge
  • not needed by the target role administer multi-modal logistics skill
  • not needed by the target role agricultural equipment knowledge
  • not needed by the target role agricultural raw materials, seeds and animal feed products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role animal health rules of distribution of products of animal origin knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply export strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role apply for refunds skill
  • not needed by the target role apply import strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role apply regulations regarding the sale of alcoholic beverages skill
  • not needed by the target role arrange customs documents skill
  • not needed by the target role arrange customs inspection skill
  • not needed by the target role beverage products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role chemical products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role clothing and footwear products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role clothing industry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role coffee, tea, cocoa and spice products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with shipment forwarders skill
  • not needed by the target role communication principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role computer equipment knowledge
  • not needed by the target role construction products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create import-export commercial documentation skill
  • not needed by the target role dairy and edible oil products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electrical household appliances products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electronic and telecommunication equipment knowledge
  • not needed by the target role file claims with insurance companies skill
  • not needed by the target role fish, crustacean and mollusc products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role flower and plant products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role food and beverage industry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role food hygiene rules knowledge
  • not needed by the target role footwear industry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role fruit and vegetable products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role furniture, carpet and lighting equipment products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role general principles of food law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role glassware products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role handle carriers skill
  • not needed by the target role handle quotes from prospective shippers skill
  • not needed by the target role hardware, plumbing and heating equipment products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role hides, skins and leather products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role household products knowledge

35 further entries not listed here

Index
Note

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.