vessel operations coordinatortomaritime water transport general manager
A vessel operations coordinator already meets 26% of what the maritime water transport general manager role asks for. The move turns on 17 required skills not yet in the profile.
26%
75.2/ 100
1 Share of the maritime water transport general manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the vessel operations 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 maritime water transport general manager role treats 6 of its required skills as things a vessel operations coordinator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- International Maritime Organisation conventions
- develop efficiency plans for maritime shipping
- manage vessel fleet
- maritime law
- match vessels to shipping routes
- types of maritime vessels
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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A maritime water transport general manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a vessel operations coordinator background worth leading with.
- already held develop efficiency plans for maritime shipping management skills
- already held manage vessel fleet management skills
- already held International Maritime Organisation conventions business, administration and law
- already held match vessels to shipping routes management skills
- already held maritime law business, administration and law
- already held types of maritime vessels engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 8 carried skills, including the 6 the maritime water transport general manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 22 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 communicate vessel requirements required
- required, not held liaise with port users required
- required, not held liaise with colleagues required
- required, not held liaise with managers required
- required, not held liaise with transportation companies required
- optional, not held write routine reports optional
- optional, not held write work-related reports optional
- required, not held manage diversification of maritime operations required
- required, not held simplify communication in maritime management required
- required, not held optimise fleet usability required
- required, not held plan daily ship operations required
- required, not held prepare audit schemes for ships required
- required, not held manage safety standards for maritime water transport required
- required, not held verify qualifications of water transport crew required
- required, not held attend to detail in preparation for audits required
- required, not held carry out environmental audits required
- optional, not held participate as observer in different types of audits in the food sector optional
- required, not held monitor maritime operations required
- required, not held read ship operational data required
- required, not held financial capability required
- optional, not held manage ocean-going oil tankers optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a maritime water transport general manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 manage diversification of maritime operations skill · occupation specific
- 02 monitor maritime operations skill · occupation specific
- 03 simplify communication in maritime management skill · occupation specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 8 skills that carry over
- already held International Maritime Organisation conventions knowledge
- already held develop efficiency plans for maritime shipping skill
- already held manage vessel fleet skill
- already held maritime law knowledge
- already held match vessels to shipping routes skill
- already held types of maritime vessels knowledge
- already held act reliably skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held Global Maritime Distress and Safety System optional
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held manage ocean-going oil tankers optional
- optional, not held participate as observer in different types of audits in the food sector optional
- optional, not held Global Maritime Distress and Safety System optional
- optional, not held write routine reports optional
- optional, not held write work-related reports optional
31 held skills the maritime water transport general manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adjust priorities skill
- not needed by the target role advise on maritime regulations skill
- not needed by the target role advise on tanker operations skill
- not needed by the target role apply regulations on cargo transport operations skill
- not needed by the target role assess vessel capability skill
- not needed by the target role calculate the amount of cargo on a vessel skill
- not needed by the target role conduct on board safety inspections skill
- not needed by the target role consider constraints in maritime shipping skill
- not needed by the target role consider time zones in execution of work skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate the itineraries of vessels skill
- not needed by the target role ensure incident free execution of voyages skill
- not needed by the target role establish draft annual schedules for vessels skill
- not needed by the target role give instructions to staff skill
- not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
- not needed by the target role inspect maritime operations skill
- not needed by the target role maintain vessel inventory skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role manage the lightering operation skill
- not needed by the target role manage vessel deck operations skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate prices for transport of cargo skill
- not needed by the target role physical parts of the vessel knowledge
- not needed by the target role plan procedures for cargo operations skill
- not needed by the target role principles of cargo stowage knowledge
- not needed by the target role supervise loading of cargo skill
- not needed by the target role supervise unloading of cargo skill
- not needed by the target role types of cargo knowledge
- not needed by the target role use maritime English skill
- not needed by the target role use microsoft office skill
- not needed by the target role vessel traffic services knowledge
- not needed by the target role work in a water transport team skill
- not needed by the target role write emergency instructions for handling of dangerous goods skill
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 financial capability required
- optional, not held Global Maritime Distress and Safety System optional
Other moves recorded from vessel operations coordinator
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.