timber trader
Code 3323.5
Timber traders assess the quality, quantity and market value of timber and timber products for trade. They organise the selling process of new timber and purchase stocks of timber.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- timber products
Skills and competences
- study prices of wood products
- check quality of raw materials
- write technical reports related to trees
- manage timber stocks
- manage timber orders
- inspect timber
- inspect trees
- manipular productos derivados de la madera
- handle timber
- process returned timber products
- carry out purchasing operations in the timber business
- sell processed timber in a commercial environment
Transversal competences
- advise on timber-based products
- distinguish wood quality
- manage budgets
- negotiate price
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences