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Overview
They apply import and export knowledge to machine tools, preparing commercial documents, checking customs requirements, arranging multimodal transport and following shipments until the equipment reaches the buyer or site.
In job descriptions, look for machine tools, capital goods, customs compliance, dual-use export controls, carrier quotes, freight forwarders, insurance claims, delivery monitoring and multilingual customer contact.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
The work follows machine-tool orders from sale to delivery. It can involve export documents, customs clearance, carrier bookings, delivery milestones, insurance cases and questions from buyers, suppliers or freight forwarders.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include customs compliance, commercial documentation, transport planning, handling shipper quotes and understanding machine tools as capital goods. Dual-use export checks may be important for some equipment.
Salary context
Salary context depends on order value, shipment complexity, documentation responsibility, language requirements, customer contact and whether the role covers claims, carrier negotiation or wider import-export strategy. This guide does not provide salary amounts.
Career paths
Development can move toward senior import-export coordination, trade compliance, logistics planning, export sales support, supply-chain operations or specialist responsibility for industrial equipment shipments.
Good to know
Check whether vacancies name machine tools, CNC or workshop equipment, customs documents, Incoterms, export controls, multimodal transport or freight-forwarder contact. Those details show how technical and document-heavy the role is.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Wholesale of machine tools
This is one example. Another occupation in this activity is wholesale merchant in machine tools.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 1
Customs Brokers
13-1041.08
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
The official mapping connects this O*NET occupation to many ESCO occupations.
Source and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Mapping project version 1: O*NET-SOC 2019 → ESCO 1.1.0. Targets are validated against ESCO 1.2.1.
Source: European Commission, joint ESCO Secretariat and USDOL/ETA project. O*NET Database: USDOL/ETA. This presentation uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
AltoTrail preserves the source relationship type. The order is technical and does not show which occupation is best, most relevant or recommended.
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Official sources and licenses
NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
46.62Wholesale of machine tools
Alternative labels
assistant import export specialist in machine tools
trainee import specialist in machine tools
senior import export specialist in machine tools
trainee import export specialist in machine tools
graduate import export specialist in machine tools
customs compliance specialist in machine tools
graduate import specialist in machine tools
international trade compliance specialist in machine tools
senior export specialist in machine tools
assistant export specialist in machine tools
trainee export specialist in machine tools
senior import specialist in machine tools
graduate export specialist in machine tools
assistant import specialist in machine tools
Occupation group
import export specialist (3331.2.1)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/ef937393-3382-438d-b570-399d44b5a41c |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 3331.2.1.21 |
| ISCO group | 3331 |
| Concept type | Occupation |