Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a mover can go next

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

Movers are responsible for the physical handling of goods and belongings to be relocated or transported from one place to the other. They disassemble goods, machinery or belongings for transporting and assemble or install them in the new location. They ensure that objects are well protected and packed, secured and placed correctly in trucks and transports.

Also known as company mover, removal woman, removal man, removal driver and porter, relocation mover, furniture mover, industrial mover, removal porter, corporate mover.

Elementary occupations 32 skills on file 3 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: move coordinator, 61%

Fig. 2 · Career map 3 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
move coordinator 61% covered moving truck driver 40% covered move manager 19% covered mover You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 3 nearest destinations from mover, 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 mover already covers. All 3 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Only 3 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

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 mover needs 13 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
  • carry objects handling and moving
  • follow detailed procedures for relocating specific goods communication, collaboration and creativity
  • read pictograms information skills
  • select equipment required for moving activities handling and moving
  • use traditional toolbox tools handling and moving
  • hazards associated with loading dangerous goods services
  • maintain inventory of tools information skills
  • follow work procedures assisting and caring
  • handle delivery of furniture goods handling and moving
  • use communication devices 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 mover does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Mover is filed under Elementary occupations, ISCO major group 9. 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 mover’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.