From ship planner to vessel operations coordinator
10 of the 28 essential skills of a vessel operations coordinator are already essential for a ship planner — about 36% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from ship planner in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 10
- skills carry over
- 18
- would be new
- 36%
- of the target job covered
- 28
- essential skills of a vessel operations coordinator
What a vessel operations coordinator does
Vessel operations coordinators manage chartered vessels' transit and performance optimizing the schedulers but also assessing the capabilities and the risks for vessels according to the different types of cargo such as crude oil or other chemical cargos. They make sure all necessary certifications are according to the regulations and all employees have up-to-date passports and licenses. Vessel operations coordinators schedule and maintain records of vessels' maintenance. At the operational level they have contact with the customers, following up customer complains, identifying new opportunities and providing customers with solutions.
What carries over
10 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- apply regulations on cargo transport operations
- calculate the amount of cargo on a vessel
- consider constraints in maritime shipping
- International Maritime Organisation conventions
- maritime law
- match vessels to shipping routes
- principles of cargo stowage
- supervise loading of cargo
- supervise unloading of cargo
- types of maritime vessels
What would be new
18 skillsEssential for a vessel operations coordinator and not for a ship planner. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- advise on maritime regulations
- advise on tanker operations
- assess vessel capability
- conduct on board safety inspections
- consider time zones in execution of work
- coordinate the itineraries of vessels
- develop efficiency plans for maritime shipping
- ensure incident free execution of voyages
- establish draft annual schedules for vessels
- inspect maritime operations
- maintain vessel inventory
- manage vessel deck operations
- manage vessel fleet
- negotiate prices for transport of cargo
- physical parts of the vessel
- plan procedures for cargo operations
- types of cargo
- vessel traffic services
← ship plannervessel operations coordinator →The other way round
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How far are you from being a vessel operations coordinator?
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