SSOC 2024 unit
Manufacturing Verified · 21 Mar 202433312
Shipping agent/Boarding officer
Shipping agent/Boarding officer represents the ship owner in a foreign port. He/she ensures that insurance, licences and other formalities are in order. He/she processes all formalities and declarations to ensure smooth entry and departure of ships assigned. He/she may also review freight costs, negotiate rates with logistics and insurance companies and prepare quotes for customers.
Level
unit
Mapped ISCO
1
Source
SingStat
In this unit group: sibling units
Official data
| Official name | Singapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSOC 2024) |
| Issuing authority | Department of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS) |
| Tax authority | Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) (IRAS) |
| Purpose | Classifies occupations in Singapore for labour statistics, workforce planning, and international reporting. |
| Active version | SSOC 2024 (21 Mar 2024) |
| Hierarchy level | Unit (final leaf, 5-digit) |
| Source | https://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic |
| Prior versions | SSIC 2020, SSIC 2015 |
Definition & tasks
Shipping agent/Boarding officer represents the ship owner in a foreign port. He/she ensures that insurance, licences and other formalities are in order. He/she processes all formalities and declarations to ensure smooth entry and departure of ships assigned. He/she may also review freight costs, negotiate rates with logistics and insurance companies and prepare quotes for customers.
Tasks
No tasks listed.
Examples
Under this unit
• Ship boarding officer
Elsewhere
No exclusion examples found.
Hierarchy context
Major group
3 ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONALS AND TECHNICIANSMinor group
333 BUSINESS SERVICES AGENTSCorrespondence tables
SSOC 2020
- 33312 — Shipping agent/Boarding officer
ISCO-08
- 3331 — Clearing and forwarding agents
Alphabetical index entries
Data source: Department of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS) (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic). Official SSOC 2024 workbooks.
Last refresh: 21 Mar 2024. Version: SSOC 2024.