Armoured car driver to cargo vehicle driver
An armoured car driver already meets 38% of what the cargo vehicle driver role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
60.2/ 100
1 How much of what a cargo vehicle driver is expected to do is already part of an armoured car driver’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the cargo vehicle driver role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A cargo vehicle driver role treats 7 of its required skills as things an armoured car driver already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- control the performance of the vehicle
- interpret traffic signals
- operate GPS systems
- read maps
- road traffic laws
- stay alert
What stands in the way is 11 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A cargo vehicle driver role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an armoured car driver background worth leading with.
- already held transport topography services
- already held control the performance of the vehicle working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held interpret traffic signals assisting and caring
- already held stay alert communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held operate GPS systems working with computers
- already held road traffic laws business, administration and law
All 7 carried skills, including the 7 the cargo vehicle driver role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 12 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn anticipate foreseeable problems on the road required
- still to learn parallel park vehicles required
- still to learn practice emergency stops required
- still to learn use communication devices required
- optional, not held manoeuvre heavy trucks optional
- still to learn supervise loading of cargo required
- still to learn supervise unloading of cargo required
- still to learn types of cargo required
- still to learn vehicle cargo capacity required
- still to learn road transport legislation required
- still to learn use different communication channels required
- still to learn mechanical components of vehicles required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a cargo vehicle driver role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 anticipate foreseeable problems on the road practise this
- 02 mechanical components of vehicles study this
- 03 parallel park vehicles practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 7 skills that carry over
- already held control the performance of the vehicle skill
- already held interpret traffic signals skill
- already held operate GPS systems skill
- already held read maps skill
- already held road traffic laws knowledge
- already held stay alert skill
- already held transport topography knowledge
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held manoeuvre heavy trucks optional
30 held skills the cargo vehicle driver role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adhere to transportation work schedule skill
- not needed by the target role analyse road traffic patterns skill
- not needed by the target role apply advanced driving techniques skill
- not needed by the target role comply with the principles of self-defence skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate transportation skill
- not needed by the target role deal with aggressive behaviour skill
- not needed by the target role drive vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with types of weapons skill
- not needed by the target role ensure regulatory compliance concerning distribution activities skill
- not needed by the target role ensure vehicle operability skill
- not needed by the target role handle delivered packages skill
- not needed by the target role handle surveillance equipment skill
- not needed by the target role identify security threats skill
- not needed by the target role keep time accurately skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with security authorities skill
- not needed by the target role lift heavy weights skill
- not needed by the target role load cargo skill
- not needed by the target role maintain vehicle delivery documentation skill
- not needed by the target role manage cash transportation skill
- not needed by the target role manage major incidents skill
- not needed by the target role manage theft prevention skill
- not needed by the target role operate radio equipment skill
- not needed by the target role practice vigilance skill
- not needed by the target role prepare transportation routes skill
- not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
- not needed by the target role provide secured transportation skill
- not needed by the target role react calmly in stressful situations skill
- not needed by the target role security threats knowledge
- not needed by the target role unload cargo skill
- not needed by the target role use modern electronic navigational aids skill
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn mechanical components of vehicles required
- still to learn road transport legislation required
- still to learn types of cargo required
- still to learn vehicle cargo capacity required
Other moves recorded from armoured car driver
Common questions about this move
Can an armoured car driver become a cargo vehicle driver?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An armoured car driver already covers 38% of what a cargo vehicle driver is expected to do: 7 skills carry over, 7 of which the cargo vehicle driver role treats as required.
What skills does an armoured car driver need to become a cargo vehicle driver?
11 required skills are missing, plus 1 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with machinery and specialised equipment. The single most important is anticipate foreseeable problems on the road.
How hard is the move from armoured car driver to cargo vehicle driver?
Its learning distance is 60.2 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.