4.4 KiB
4.4 KiB
Competences — shipping agent
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/8bc845cb-0702-47e4-aabc-4036032b0a8d).
Essential
- apply procedures to ensure cargo complies with customs regulations (skill/competence)
- comply with regulations related to export in different countries (skill/competence)
- control trade commercial documentation (skill/competence)
- ensure compliance with port regulations (skill/competence)
- international import export regulations (knowledge)
- keep up-to-date to current customs regulations (skill/competence)
- liaise with port users (skill/competence)
- make bids in forward auctions (skill/competence)
- manage import export licenses (skill/competence)
- port regulation (knowledge)
- provide advice to clients in terms of export restrictions (skill/competence)
- provide advice to clients in terms of import restrictions (skill/competence)
Optional
- administer multi-modal logistics (skill/competence)
- analyse shipping rates (skill/competence)
- book cargo (skill/competence)
- coordinate export transportation activities (skill/competence)
- coordinate import transportation activities (skill/competence)
- create import-export commercial documentation (skill/competence)
- handle shipment paperwork (skill/competence)
- inspect freight (skill/competence)
- keep written records of cargo (skill/competence)
- liaise with transportation services (skill/competence)
- observe freight shipment loaders (skill/competence)
- oversee arrival and departure of ships into port (skill/competence)
- prepare bills of lading (skill/competence)
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 8 ads, as of 2026-07-19)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Hard skills
- vessel operations — 50 %
- regulatory compliance — 38 %
- cargo monitoring — 38 %
- documentation — 38 %
- customer service — 25 %
- record maintenance — 25 %
- problem-solving — 12 %
- shipping compliance — 12 %
- vessel compliance — 12 %
- vessel coordination — 12 %
- vendor oversight — 12 %
- port cost estimation — 12 %
- port entry — 12 %
- port operations — 12 %
- order processing — 12 %
- port call coordination — 12 %
- billing — 12 %
- communication — 12 %
- cargo operation planning — 12 %
- cargo securing supervision — 12 %
- agency operations — 12 %
- hazmat handling — 12 %
- husbandry services — 12 %
- international shipping — 12 %
- inventory documentation — 12 %
- invoice review — 12 %
- vessel operation management — 12 %
Methods
- standard operating procedures — 25 %
- ISO 27001 requirements — 12 %
- Denied Party Screening — 12 %
Responsibilities
- berthing coordination — 38 %
- vessel boarding — 38 %
- customer communication — 25 %
- manifest verification — 25 %
- label creation — 12 %
- labor coordination — 12 %
- lashing surveys — 12 %
- inventory organization — 12 %
- husbandry services coordination — 12 %
- husbandry services ordering — 12 %
- husbandry service coordination — 12 %
- husbandry service provision — 12 %
- file maintenance — 12 %
- government agency coordination — 12 %
- berthing arrangement coordination — 12 %
- commercial documentation — 12 %
- commercial documentation drafting — 12 %
- document dispatch — 12 %
- delivery loading/unloading — 12 %
- communication — 12 %
- communication management — 12 %
- cargo loading/discharging — 12 %
- order packing — 12 %
- port clearance oversight — 12 %
- pallet building — 12 %
- pilotage coordination — 12 %
- principal communication — 12 %
- regulatory compliance — 12 %
- regulatory document preparation — 12 %
- reporting — 12 %
- service quality improvement — 12 %
- shipment verification — 12 %
- vendor monitoring — 12 %
- vessel arrival/departure management — 12 %
- vessel attendance — 12 %
- vessel handling — 12 %
- suez canal transit management — 12 %
- system updates — 12 %
- towage coordination — 12 %
- stability assistance — 12 %
- stakeholder coordination — 12 %