Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

bicycle couriertomotorcycle delivery person

A bicycle courier already meets 75% of what the motorcycle delivery person role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.

From bicycle courier
75%
Overlap1
To motorcycle delivery person
18 Skills carried over
2 Required, not held
25.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Very strong match

75%

Learning distance Short step

25.6/ 100

1 Share of the motorcycle delivery person role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the bicycle courier profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A motorcycle delivery person role treats 11 of its required skills as things a bicycle courier already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • act reliably
  • analyse travel alternatives
  • communicate with customers
  • differentiate types of packages
  • drive in urban areas
  • drive two-wheeled vehicles

What stands in the way is 2 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A motorcycle delivery person role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a bicycle courier background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held ensure the integrity of mail handling and moving
  • already held organise mail deliveries management skills
  • already held differentiate types of packages handling and moving
  • already held drive two-wheeled vehicles working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held handle fragile items assisting and caring
  • already held analyse travel alternatives information skills

All 18 carried skills, including the 11 the motorcycle delivery person role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 9 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 management skills 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held establish daily priorities required
  • optional, not held maintain vehicle delivery documentation optional
  • optional, not held handle stressful situations in the work place optional
  • optional, not held set payment handling strategies optional
02 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held use geographic information systems required
03 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held drive at high speeds optional
  • optional, not held drive vehicles optional
04 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held data protection optional
05 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held monitor merchandise delivery optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 2 entries a motorcycle delivery person role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 18 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held act reliably skill
  • already held analyse travel alternatives skill
  • already held communicate with customers skill
  • already held differentiate types of packages skill
  • already held drive in urban areas skill
  • already held drive two-wheeled vehicles skill
  • already held ensure the integrity of mail skill
  • already held geographic areas knowledge
  • already held interpret traffic signals skill
  • already held organise mail deliveries skill
  • already held road traffic laws knowledge
  • already held check deliveries on receipt skill
  • already held follow written instructions skill
  • already held handle delivered packages skill
  • already held handle delivery of furniture goods skill
  • already held handle fragile items skill
  • already held process payments skill
  • already held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held data protection optional
  • optional, not held maintain vehicle delivery documentation optional
  • optional, not held monitor merchandise delivery optional
  • optional, not held drive at high speeds optional
  • optional, not held drive vehicles optional
  • optional, not held handle stressful situations in the work place optional
  • optional, not held set payment handling strategies optional
4 held skills the motorcycle delivery person role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role handle mail skill
  • not needed by the target role obey traffic rules skill
  • not needed by the target role operate GPS systems skill
  • not needed by the target role operate mailing information systems skill
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held data protection optional
Index
Note

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.