Career Overlap Occupation record
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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.

Also known as van driver, HGV driver, delivery driver, trucker, teamster, truckie, courier delivery driver, heavy goods vehicle driver, truck driver, lorry driver, package delivery driver, driver of cargo vehicles.

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

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
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
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from cargo vehicle 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 cargo vehicle 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 cargo vehicle driver needs 18 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
  • parallel park vehicles working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • anticipate foreseeable problems on the road working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • practice emergency stops working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • types of cargo services
  • vehicle cargo capacity services
  • transport topography services
  • supervise unloading of cargo management skills
  • supervise loading of cargo management skills
  • road transport legislation business, administration and law
  • control the performance of the vehicle working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a cargo vehicle 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.