Dangerous goods driver to moving truck driver
A dangerous goods driver already meets 25% of what the moving truck driver role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.
76.2/ 100
1 How much of what a moving truck driver is expected to do is already part of a dangerous goods 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 moving truck driver role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A moving truck driver role treats 6 of its required skills as things a dangerous goods driver already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- interpret traffic signals
- manoeuvre heavy trucks
- mechanical components of vehicles
- operate GPS systems
- perform defensive driving
- vehicle cargo capacity
What stands in the way is 15 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A moving truck driver role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a dangerous goods driver background worth leading with.
- already held hazards associated with loading dangerous goods services
- already held vehicle cargo capacity services
- already held manoeuvre heavy trucks working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held perform defensive driving working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held mechanical components of vehicles engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held interpret traffic signals assisting and caring
All 8 carried skills, including the 6 the moving truck driver role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 31 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 carry objects required
- still to learn handle delivery of furniture goods required
- still to learn store warehouse goods required
- still to learn load bulk trucks required
- still to learn perform cleaning duties required
- optional, not held analyse requirements for moving goods optional
- optional, not held apply techniques for stacking goods into containers optional
- optional, not held determine cargo loading sequence optional
- optional, not held use packaging equipment optional
- optional, not held assemble goods optional
- optional, not held execute vehicle maintenance optional
- optional, not held load animals for transportation optional
- optional, not held pack goods optional
- optional, not held stack goods optional
- optional, not held use traditional toolbox tools optional
- still to learn drive in urban areas required
- still to learn ensure vehicle operability required
- still to learn use communication equipment required
- still to learn use equipment for safe stowage required
- optional, not held organise weight of loads according to lifting equipment capacity optional
- still to learn road transport legislation required
- still to learn road traffic laws required
- optional, not held animal transport regulations optional
- still to learn read pictograms required
- still to learn read maps required
- optional, not held maintain inventory of tools optional
- still to learn follow work procedures required
- still to learn communicate with customers required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a moving truck driver role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 carry objects practise this
- 02 drive in urban areas practise this
- 03 ensure vehicle operability 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 8 skills that carry over
- already held interpret traffic signals skill
- already held manoeuvre heavy trucks skill
- already held mechanical components of vehicles knowledge
- already held operate GPS systems skill
- already held perform defensive driving skill
- already held vehicle cargo capacity knowledge
- already held hazards associated with loading dangerous goods knowledge
- already held health and safety measures in transportation knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held electricity optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
- optional, not held animal transportation vehicles optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held analyse requirements for moving goods optional
- optional, not held animal transport regulations optional
- optional, not held animal transportation vehicles optional
- optional, not held apply techniques for stacking goods into containers optional
- optional, not held determine cargo loading sequence optional
- optional, not held organise weight of loads according to lifting equipment capacity optional
- optional, not held use packaging equipment optional
- optional, not held assemble goods optional
- optional, not held electricity optional
- optional, not held execute vehicle maintenance optional
- optional, not held load animals for transportation optional
- optional, not held maintain inventory of tools optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
- optional, not held pack goods optional
- optional, not held stack goods optional
- optional, not held use traditional toolbox tools optional
14 held skills the moving truck driver role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role anticipate foreseeable problems on the road skill
- not needed by the target role check dangerous goods transport unit skill
- not needed by the target role control the performance of the vehicle skill
- not needed by the target role international carriage of dangerous goods by road knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain gas mileage records skill
- not needed by the target role maintain logbooks skill
- not needed by the target role operate emergency equipment skill
- not needed by the target role parallel park vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role practice emergency stops skill
- not needed by the target role revise certifications for dangerous good transportation skill
- not needed by the target role stay alert skill
- not needed by the target role transport dangerous goods skill
- not needed by the target role transport topography knowledge
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
6 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 transport legislation required
- still to learn road traffic laws required
- optional, not held animal transport regulations optional
- optional, not held animal transportation vehicles optional
- optional, not held electricity optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
Common questions about this move
Can a dangerous goods driver become a moving truck driver?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A dangerous goods driver already covers 25% of what a moving truck driver is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 6 of which the moving truck driver role treats as required.
What skills does a dangerous goods driver need to become a moving truck driver?
15 required skills are missing, plus 16 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is carry objects.
How hard is the move from dangerous goods driver to moving truck driver?
Its learning distance is 76.2 out of 100, which is the career change 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.