Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a cargo vehicle driver can go next

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

Cargo vehicle drivers operate vehicles such as trucks and vans. They may also take care of the loading and unloading of cargo.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 19 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: dangerous goods driver, 58%

dangerous goods driver 58% covered bus driver 29% covered moving truck driver 29% covered hearse driver 25% covered taxi driver 25% covered cargo vehicle driver You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from cargo vehicle driver. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a cargo vehicle driver already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Index

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cargo vehicle 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

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a cargo vehicle driver already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.