Occupation Atlaswater traffic coordinator
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/8908d5aa-ac58-465e-9b75-7e02ed4af3a9
water traffic coordinator
Water traffic coordinators manage the movements of a vessel in ports and waterways. They ensure the efficient deployment of vessels of a shipping company.
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Job Zone
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- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
ICRInvestigative · Conventional · Realistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- I Investigative5.60
- C Conventional4.87
- R Realistic3.59
- E Enterprising3.14
- A Artistic2.01
- S Social1.76
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Transportation Planners (19-3099.01): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (27)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- anticipate shipment handling requirements
- apply procedures to ensure cargo complies with customs regulations
- commodities in maritime transportation
- coordinate dock operations
- coordinate the itineraries of vessels
- customs regulations for passengers
- develop efficiency plans for maritime shipping
- ensure compliance with port regulations
- ensure vessel compliance with regulations
- freight transport methods
- implement cost-effective cargo handling strategies on ships
- implement efficiency plans for logistics operations
- liaise with port users
- load cargo onto ships
- manage dispatch software systems
- manage port operations improvement procedures
- maritime telecommunications
- match vessels to shipping routes
- operate port communications systems
- port regulation
- prepare transportation routes
- principles of cargo stowage
- types of maritime vessels
- verify qualifications of water transport crew
- vessel stability principles
- vessel traffic services
- warehouse operations
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 27 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
port coordinator
14 shared · 17 more of its ownoperate port communications systems, manage port operations improvement procedures, commodities in maritime transportation, coordinate the itineraries of vessels
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vessel operations coordinator
6 shared · 22 more of its owndevelop efficiency plans for maritime shipping, coordinate the itineraries of vessels, vessel traffic services, match vessels to shipping routes
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ship planner
6 shared · 45 more of its ownimplement cost-effective cargo handling strategies on ships, maritime telecommunications, match vessels to shipping routes, vessel stability principles
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maritime pilot
5 shared · 16 more of its ownensure compliance with port regulations, coordinate dock operations, vessel traffic services, vessel stability principles
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maritime water transport general manager
5 shared · 18 more of its owndevelop efficiency plans for maritime shipping, verify qualifications of water transport crew, match vessels to shipping routes, liaise with port users
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shipping agent
4 shared · 8 more of its ownensure compliance with port regulations, port regulation, apply procedures to ensure cargo complies with customs regulations, liaise with port users
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stevedore superintendent
4 shared · 24 more of its ownmanage port operations improvement procedures, port regulation, coordinate dock operations, freight transport methods
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logistics and distribution manager
4 shared · 30 more of its owncoordinate dock operations, manage dispatch software systems, warehouse operations, freight transport methods
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