Ensure that shipment contents correspond with shipping documentation

Description

Ensure that the content of shipments corresponds with the respective shipping documentation.

Alternative labels

check content of shipments reflects shipping documents
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confirm contents of shipments match shipping documents
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ensure that shipping documentation matches shipment contents
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compare contents of shipments with shipping papers
confirm shipment contents matches shipping papers
ensure that shipment content corresponds with shipping documentation
check the content of shipments reflects shipping documents

Skill type

skill/competence

Skill reusability level

sector-specific

Relationships with occupations

Essential skill

Ensure that shipment contents correspond with shipping documentation is an essential skill of the following occupations:

Stevedore: Stevedores sort, handle, load and unload freight into over-the-road equipment in accordance with oral and written instructions, as well as state regulations. They move freight such as boxes, bulky items, or even large pallets of goods to and from storage areas and onto transport vehicles.

Optional skill

Ensure that shipment contents correspond with shipping documentation is optional for these occupations. This means knowing this skill may be an asset for career advancement if you are in one of these occupations.

Move manager: Move managers coordinate all the resources and activities comprised in moving services. They work together with clients to define the requirements of the service and adapt it to their demands. They manage communication with shipping companies, planners, and movers to assure compliance, business efficiency, and client satisfaction.
Ship pilot dispatcher: Ship pilot dispatchers coordinate ships entering or leaving port. They write orders showing name of ship, berth, tugboat company, and time of arrival or departure, and notify the maritime pilot of assignment. They obtain receipts of pilotage from the pilot upon return from ship. Ship pilot dispatchers also record charges on receipt, using tariff book as guide, compile reports of activities, such as number of ships piloted and charges made, and keep records of ships entering port, showing owner, name of ship, displacement tonnage, agent, and country of registration.

 


 

References

  1. Ensure that shipment contents correspond with shipping documentation – ESCO

 

Last updated on September 20, 2022