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

wholesale merchant in machine toolstoimport export manager in machine tools

A wholesale merchant in machine tools already meets 22% of what the import export manager in machine tools role asks for. The move turns on 21 required skills not yet in the profile.

From wholesale merchant in machine tools
22%
Overlap1
To import export manager in machine tools
6 Skills carried over
21 Required, not held
78.2 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 78.2

This move: 78.2 of 100 · career change

1 Share of the import export manager in machine tools role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the wholesale merchant in machine tools 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A import export manager in machine tools role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a wholesale merchant in machine tools background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held capital goods industry business, administration and law
  • already held machine tools engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held monitor international market performance information skills
  • already held comprehend financial business terminology information skills
  • already held maintain financial records information skills
  • already held have computer literacy working with computers

All 6 carried skills, including the 6 the import export manager in machine tools role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 21 missing skills fall into 5 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 business, administration and law 6 required
  • required, not held embargo regulations required
  • required, not held export regulations of dual-use goods required
  • required, not held import export regulations of dangerous chemicals required
  • required, not held international commercial transactions rules required
  • required, not held international import export regulations required
  • required, not held export control principles required
02 management skills 6 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
  • required, not held meet deadlines required
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required
  • required, not held build rapport with people from different cultural backgrounds required
  • required, not held apply conflict management required
  • required, not held create solutions to problems required
  • required, not held speak different languages required
04 assisting and caring 3 required
  • required, not held abide by business ethical code of conducts required
  • required, not held control trade commercial documentation required
  • required, not held ensure customs compliance required
05 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held produce sales reports required
  • required, not held perform financial risk management in international trade required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a import export manager in machine tools 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 6 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held capital goods industry knowledge
  • already held comprehend financial business terminology skill
  • already held have computer literacy skill
  • already held machine tools knowledge
  • already held maintain financial records skill
  • already held monitor international market performance skill
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
14 held skills the import export manager in machine tools role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role assess supplier risks skill
  • not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
  • not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
  • not needed by the target role identify new business opportunities skill
  • not needed by the target role identify suppliers skill
  • not needed by the target role initiate contact with buyers skill
  • not needed by the target role initiate contact with sellers skill
  • not needed by the target role negotiate buying conditions skill
  • not needed by the target role negotiate sale of commodities skill
  • not needed by the target role negotiate sales contracts skill
  • not needed by the target role perform market research skill
  • not needed by the target role plan transport operations skill
  • not needed by the target role product comprehension knowledge
  • not needed by the target role sales strategies knowledge
6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

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

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held embargo regulations required
  • required, not held export regulations of dual-use goods required
  • required, not held import export regulations of dangerous chemicals required
  • required, not held international commercial transactions rules required
  • required, not held international import export regulations required
  • required, not held export control principles required
Index

Other moves recorded from wholesale merchant in machine tools

Full index of moves from wholesale merchant in machine tools

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.