# Competences — timber trader

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/c3dc576e-2a58-4481-9b6f-9853067af8ea).

## Essential

- **advise on timber-based products** (skill/competence)
- **carry out purchasing operations in the timber business** (skill/competence)
- **check quality of raw materials** (skill/competence)
- **distinguish wood quality** (skill/competence)
- **handle timber** (skill/competence)
- **inspect timber** (skill/competence)
- **inspect trees** (skill/competence)
- **manage budgets** (skill/competence)
- **manage timber orders** (skill/competence)
- **manage timber stocks** (skill/competence)
- **negotiate price** (skill/competence)
- **process returned timber products** (skill/competence)
- **sell processed timber in a commercial environment** (skill/competence)
- **study prices of wood products** (skill/competence)
- **timber products** (knowledge)
- **write technical reports related to trees** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- advise on timber harvest (skill/competence)
- comply with timber trade code of conduct (skill/competence)
- conduct land surveys (skill/competence)
- coordinate timber sales (skill/competence)
- guarantee customer satisfaction (skill/competence)
- identify market niches (skill/competence)
- implement marketing strategies (skill/competence)
- implement sales strategies (skill/competence)
- manage forests (skill/competence)
- manage logs segregation and stacking (skill/competence)
- monitor forest health (skill/competence)
- monitor forest productivity (skill/competence)
- monitor logging operations (skill/competence)
- operate forestry machinery (skill/competence)
- pack timber products (skill/competence)
- process collected survey data (skill/competence)
- read maps (skill/competence)
- report the results of treatment (skill/competence)
- work in a forestry team (skill/competence)

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 34 ads, as of 2026-07-20)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

### Hard skills

- market analysis — **47 %**
- negotiation — **35 %**
- lumber trading — **29 %**
- sales — **24 %**
- business development — **18 %**
- commodity trading — **18 %**

### Responsibilities

- pricing negotiation — **21 %**
- market monitoring — **18 %**

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