Where a moving truck driver can go next
12 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a moving truck driver already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Moving truck drivers operate lorries or trucks intended for relocating and transporting goods, belongings, machinery, and others. They assist in placing goods in the truck for efficient use of space and security compliance.
Also known as removal van driver, removal van operator, removal truck driver, moving lorry driver, moving truck operator, moving van driver, removal lorry driver.
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 39 skills on file 12 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: mover, 69%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
- cargo vehicle driver 40% covered · difficulty 57.8
- dangerous goods driver 39% covered · difficulty 60.5
- private chauffeur 34% covered · difficulty 69.7
- bus driver 30% covered · difficulty 74.4
- trolley bus driver 30% covered · difficulty 74.8
- bicycle courier 28% covered · difficulty 64.2
- car and van delivery driver 27% covered · difficulty 70.3
- parking valet 26% covered · difficulty 68.6
- occupational driving instructor 25% covered · difficulty 74.6
- taxi driver 25% covered · difficulty 73.1
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
A moving truck driver needs 21 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- carry objects handling and moving
- read pictograms information skills
- load bulk trucks handling and moving
- store warehouse goods handling and moving
- use equipment for safe stowage working with machinery and specialised equipment
- vehicle cargo capacity services
- follow work procedures assisting and caring
- manoeuvre heavy trucks working with machinery and specialised equipment
- road transport legislation business, administration and law
- perform defensive driving working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a moving truck driver does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
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Moving truck driver is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a moving truck 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.