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

bicycle couriertopostman/postwoman

A bicycle courier already meets 60% of what the postman/postwoman role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From bicycle courier
60%
Overlap1
To postman/postwoman
13 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
40 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

60%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

40/ 100

1 Share of the postman/postwoman 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 postman/postwoman role treats 10 of its required skills as things a bicycle courier already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • act reliably
  • analyse travel alternatives
  • differentiate types of packages
  • ensure the integrity of mail
  • geographic areas
  • handle mail

What stands in the way is 6 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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A postman/postwoman 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 operate mailing information systems information skills
  • 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 analyse travel alternatives information skills

All 13 carried skills, including the 10 the postman/postwoman role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 10 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 assisting and caring 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held implement environmental protection measures required
  • required, not held maintain privacy of service users required
  • optional, not held apply information security policies optional
  • optional, not held secure sensitive customer's information optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held execute working instructions required
  • optional, not held contact customers optional
  • optional, not held respond to customers' inquiries optional
03 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required
  • required, not held data protection required
04 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held establish daily priorities required
05 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held use geographic information systems required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a postman/postwoman 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 13 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held act reliably skill
  • already held analyse travel alternatives skill
  • already held differentiate types of packages skill
  • already held ensure the integrity of mail skill
  • already held geographic areas knowledge
  • already held handle mail skill
  • already held interpret traffic signals skill
  • already held operate mailing information systems skill
  • already held organise mail deliveries skill
  • already held road traffic laws knowledge
  • already held communicate with customers skill
  • already held drive in urban areas skill
  • already held drive two-wheeled vehicles skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held apply information security policies optional
  • optional, not held contact customers optional
  • optional, not held secure sensitive customer's information optional
  • optional, not held respond to customers' inquiries optional
9 held skills the postman/postwoman role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role check deliveries on receipt skill
  • not needed by the target role follow written instructions skill
  • not needed by the target role handle delivered packages skill
  • not needed by the target role handle delivery of furniture goods skill
  • not needed by the target role handle fragile items 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 process payments skill
  • not needed by the target role solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools 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
  • required, not held data protection required
Index

Other moves recorded from bicycle courier

Full index of moves from bicycle courier

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.