Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a car and van delivery driver can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a car and van delivery driver already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Car and van delivery drivers transport goods and packages to specified locations by car or van. They load and unload goods according to schedule, ensure proper handling of packages, follow directions and plan the best route to each destination.

Also known as fast food delivery driver, delivery car driver, dry cleaning driver, telephone directory delivery driver, pizza delivery person, chinese food delivery person, mediterranean food delivery person, deliverywoman, deliveryman, delivery van driver, groceries delivery person, delivery person.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 34 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: postman/postwoman, 71%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
postman/postwoman 71% covered private chauffeur 35% covered mail clerk 33% covered taxi driver 31% covered parking valet 30% covered car and van delivery driv… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from car and van delivery driver, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a car and van delivery driver already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A car and van delivery driver needs 14 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • obey traffic rules assisting and caring
  • differentiate types of packages handling and moving
  • analyse travel alternatives information skills
  • solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • drive in urban areas working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • establish daily priorities management skills
  • interpret traffic signals assisting and caring
  • geographic areas natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • health and safety measures in transportation services
  • road traffic laws business, administration and law
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a car and van delivery driver does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Car and van delivery driver is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a car and van delivery driver’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.