Occupation Atlasfreight inspector
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/50609eb5-9957-4cbf-9b91-6f46ce49cfad
freight inspector
Freight inspectors determine if freight is secure and comes with the proper documentation. They inspect, manage and document freight shipments while verifying that the content comply with local, national and international regulations.
Compare with another occupationCompare with marine cargo inspector
Job Zone
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- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
CRIConventional · Realistic · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional6.17
- R Realistic5.69
- I Investigative2.91
- E Enterprising2.64
- S Social1.56
- A Artistic1.00
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 Inspectors (53-6051.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (23)
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.
- accommodate cargo in freight transport vehicle
- adjust weight of cargo to capacity of freight transport vehicles
- analyse work-related written reports
- check for defects in railcars
- conduct fact finding
- ensure compliance with shipment regulations
- freight transport methods
- handle freight inspection equipment
- hazardous freight regulations
- inspect freight
- inspect hazardous freight in accordance with regulations
- keep task records
- monitor temperature in manufacturing process of food and beverages
- observe freight shipment loaders
- operate railway freight monitoring technologies
- perform inspections required by international conventions
- prepare freight shipment reports
- principles of cargo stowage
- provide advice on breaches of regulation
- supervise loading of cargo
- supervise unloading of cargo
- transportation methods
- use rigging tools
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 23 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
marine cargo inspector
9 shared · 9 more of its ownhandle freight inspection equipment, inspect hazardous freight in accordance with regulations, inspect freight, adjust weight of cargo to capacity of freight transport vehicles
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stevedore superintendent
6 shared · 22 more of its ownensure compliance with shipment regulations, observe freight shipment loaders, prepare freight shipment reports, supervise unloading of cargo
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ship captain
4 shared · 29 more of its ownsupervise unloading of cargo, supervise loading of cargo, analyse work-related written reports, freight transport methods
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helmsman
4 shared · 49 more of its ownadjust weight of cargo to capacity of freight transport vehicles, supervise unloading of cargo, supervise loading of cargo, principles of cargo stowage
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non-vessel operating common carrier
3 shared · 21 more of its ownensure compliance with shipment regulations, prepare freight shipment reports, principles of cargo stowage
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vessel operations coordinator
3 shared · 25 more of its ownsupervise unloading of cargo, supervise loading of cargo, principles of cargo stowage
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ship planner
3 shared · 48 more of its ownsupervise unloading of cargo, supervise loading of cargo, principles of cargo stowage
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freight transport dispatcher
2 shared · 14 more of its ownfreight transport methods, keep task records
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