Motorcycle delivery person to car and van delivery driver
A motorcycle delivery person already meets 80% of what the car and van delivery driver role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.
21.5/ 100
1 How much of what a car and van delivery driver is expected to do is already part of a motorcycle delivery person’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 12 of its required skills as things a motorcycle delivery person already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- act reliably
- analyse travel alternatives
- communicate with customers
- differentiate types of packages
- drive in urban areas
- drive 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 · What you already bring
Of the 26 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 motorcycle delivery person background worth leading with.
- already held drive at high speeds working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held set payment handling strategies management skills
- already held ensure the integrity of mail handling and moving
- already held maintain vehicle delivery documentation management skills
- already held organise mail deliveries management skills
- already held differentiate types of packages handling and moving
All 26 carried skills, including the 12 the car and van delivery driver role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 8 missing skills fall into 7 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 obey traffic rules required
- still to learn health and safety measures in transportation required
- optional, not held follow verbal instructions optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- optional, not held maintain vehicle appearance optional
- optional, not held operate mailing information systems optional
- optional, not held handle paperwork optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 2 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.
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 26 skills that carry over
- 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 vehicles skill
- already held establish daily priorities skill
- already held geographic areas knowledge
- already held interpret traffic signals skill
- already held road traffic laws knowledge
- already held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools skill
- already held use geographic information systems skill
- already held check deliveries on receipt skill
- already held data protection knowledge
- already held drive at high speeds skill
- already held drive two-wheeled vehicles skill
- already held ensure the integrity of mail 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 maintain vehicle delivery documentation skill
- already held monitor merchandise delivery skill
- already held organise mail deliveries skill
- already held process payments skill
- already held set payment handling strategies skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held operate GPS systems optional
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held maintain vehicle appearance optional
- optional, not held operate mailing information systems optional
- optional, not held follow verbal instructions optional
- optional, not held handle paperwork optional
- optional, not held operate GPS systems optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
1 held skills the car and van delivery driver role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role handle stressful situations in the work place 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.
- still to learn health and safety measures in transportation required
Other moves recorded from motorcycle delivery person
Common questions about this move
Can a motorcycle delivery person become a car and van delivery driver?
Yes, and it is an adjacent move. A motorcycle delivery person already covers 80% of what a car and van delivery driver is expected to do: 26 skills carry over, 12 of which the car and van delivery driver role treats as required.
What skills does a motorcycle delivery person need to become a car and van delivery driver?
2 required skills are missing, plus 6 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by assisting and caring. The single most important is obey traffic rules.
How hard is the move from motorcycle delivery person to car and van delivery driver?
Its learning distance is 21.5 out of 100, which is the adjacent 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.