Mail clerk to car and van delivery driver
A mail clerk already meets 16% of what the car and van delivery driver role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
78.4/ 100
1 How much of what a car and van delivery driver is expected to do is already part of a mail clerk’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 car and van delivery driver role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A car and van delivery driver role treats 2 of its required skills as things a mail clerk already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- differentiate types of packages
- establish daily priorities
What stands in the way is 12 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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A car and van delivery driver role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a mail clerk background worth leading with.
- 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 establish daily priorities management skills
- already held use different communication channels communication, collaboration and creativity
All 6 carried skills, including the 2 the car and van delivery driver role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 28 missing skills fall into 12 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 drive in urban areas required
- still to learn solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools required
- still to learn drive vehicles required
- optional, not held drive two-wheeled vehicles optional
- optional, not held drive at high speeds optional
- still to learn act reliably required
- still to learn communicate with customers required
- optional, not held follow verbal instructions optional
- optional, not held follow written instructions optional
- still to learn obey traffic rules required
- still to learn interpret traffic signals required
- optional, not held handle fragile items optional
- still to learn analyse travel alternatives required
- optional, not held monitor merchandise delivery optional
- still to learn use geographic information systems required
- optional, not held operate GPS systems optional
- still to learn road traffic laws required
6 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a car and van delivery driver role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 analyse travel alternatives practise this
- 02 drive in urban areas practise this
- 03 obey traffic rules 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 6 skills that carry over
- already held differentiate types of packages skill
- already held establish daily priorities skill
- already held ensure the integrity of mail skill
- already held operate mailing information systems skill
- already held organise mail deliveries skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
The 6 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn geographic areas required
- still to learn health and safety measures in transportation required
- optional, not held maintain vehicle delivery documentation optional
- optional, not held check deliveries on receipt optional
- optional, not held handle paperwork optional
- optional, not held process payments optional
- optional, not held set payment handling strategies optional
- optional, not held handle delivery of furniture goods optional
- optional, not held handle delivered packages optional
- optional, not held maintain vehicle appearance optional
- optional, not held data protection optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held data protection optional
- optional, not held drive two-wheeled vehicles optional
- optional, not held handle delivery of furniture goods optional
- optional, not held handle fragile items optional
- optional, not held maintain vehicle appearance optional
- optional, not held maintain vehicle delivery documentation optional
- optional, not held monitor merchandise delivery optional
- optional, not held check deliveries on receipt optional
- optional, not held drive at high speeds optional
- optional, not held follow verbal instructions optional
- optional, not held follow written instructions optional
- optional, not held handle delivered packages optional
- optional, not held handle paperwork optional
- optional, not held operate GPS systems optional
- optional, not held process payments optional
- optional, not held set payment handling strategies optional
13 held skills the car and van delivery driver role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply information security policies skill
- not needed by the target role handle mail skill
- not needed by the target role keep records of customer interaction skill
- not needed by the target role keep records of merchandise delivery skill
- not needed by the target role keep stock records skill
- not needed by the target role keep task records skill
- not needed by the target role keep written records of cargo skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with colleagues skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with transportation companies skill
- not needed by the target role maintain privacy of service users skill
- not needed by the target role manage digital documents skill
- not needed by the target role record customers' personal data skill
- not needed by the target role work in a logistics team 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 geographic areas required
- still to learn health and safety measures in transportation required
- still to learn road traffic laws required
- optional, not held data protection optional
Common questions about this move
Can a mail clerk become a car and van delivery driver?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A mail clerk already covers 16% of what a car and van delivery driver is expected to do: 6 skills carry over, 2 of which the car and van delivery driver role treats as required.
What skills does a mail clerk need to become a car and van delivery driver?
12 required skills are missing, plus 16 optional ones. They fall into 12 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with machinery and specialised equipment. The single most important is analyse travel alternatives.
How hard is the move from mail clerk to car and van delivery driver?
Its learning distance is 78.4 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.