Armoured car guard to armoured car driver
An armoured car guard already meets 56% of what the armoured car driver role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
47.3/ 100
1 How much of what an armoured car driver is expected to do is already part of an armoured car guard’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 armoured car driver role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An armoured car driver role treats 10 of its required skills as things an armoured car guard already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- drive vehicles
- ensure regulatory compliance concerning distribution activities
- handle delivered packages
- load cargo
- maintain vehicle delivery documentation
- manage cash transportation
What stands in the way is 10 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 23 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An armoured car driver role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an armoured car guard background worth leading with.
- already held manage cash transportation assisting and caring
- already held provide secured transportation assisting and caring
- already held load cargo handling and moving
- already held maintain vehicle delivery documentation management skills
- already held coordinate transportation management skills
- already held unload cargo handling and moving
All 23 carried skills, including the 10 the armoured car driver role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 14 missing skills fall into 8 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 identify security threats required
- still to learn interpret traffic signals required
- still to learn adhere to transportation work schedule required
- still to learn stay alert required
- still to learn keep time accurately required
- optional, not held analyse road traffic patterns optional
- optional, not held read maps optional
- still to learn control the performance of the vehicle required
- optional, not held apply advanced driving techniques optional
- optional, not held ensure vehicle operability optional
- still to learn road traffic laws required
- still to learn lift heavy weights required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an armoured car driver role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 adhere to transportation work schedule practise this
- 02 control the performance of the vehicle practise this
- 03 identify security threats 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 23 skills that carry over
- already held drive vehicles skill
- already held ensure regulatory compliance concerning distribution activities skill
- already held handle delivered packages skill
- already held load cargo skill
- already held maintain vehicle delivery documentation skill
- already held manage cash transportation skill
- already held practice vigilance skill
- already held provide secured transportation skill
- already held security threats knowledge
- already held use modern electronic navigational aids skill
- already held comply with the principles of self-defence skill
- already held coordinate transportation skill
- already held deal with aggressive behaviour skill
- already held ensure compliance with types of weapons skill
- already held handle surveillance equipment skill
- already held liaise with security authorities skill
- already held manage major incidents skill
- already held manage theft prevention skill
- already held operate radio equipment skill
- already held prepare transportation routes skill
- already held provide first aid skill
- already held react calmly in stressful situations skill
- already held unload cargo skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn transport topography required
- still to learn operate GPS systems required
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held analyse road traffic patterns optional
- optional, not held apply advanced driving techniques optional
- optional, not held ensure vehicle operability optional
- optional, not held read maps optional
6 held skills the armoured car driver role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role acquire licences for the use of weapons skill
- not needed by the target role develop contingency plans for emergencies skill
- not needed by the target role legal requirements related to ammunition knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor security measures skill
- not needed by the target role restrain individuals skill
- not needed by the target role surveillance methods knowledge
2 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 road traffic laws required
- still to learn transport topography required
Other moves recorded from armoured car guard
Common questions about this move
Can an armoured car guard become an armoured car driver?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An armoured car guard already covers 56% of what an armoured car driver is expected to do: 23 skills carry over, 10 of which the armoured car driver role treats as required.
What skills does an armoured car guard need to become an armoured car driver?
10 required skills are missing, plus 4 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by assisting and caring. The single most important is adhere to transportation work schedule.
How hard is the move from armoured car guard to armoured car driver?
Its learning distance is 47.3 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.