Move coordinator to move manager
A move coordinator already meets 27% of what the move manager role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.
72.3/ 100
1 How much of what a move manager is expected to do is already part of a move coordinator’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 move manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A move manager role treats 5 of its required skills as things a move coordinator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- analyse requirements for moving goods
- communicate with customers
- health and safety measures in transportation
- transportation methods
- use communication devices
What stands in the way is 14 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A move manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a move coordinator background worth leading with.
- already held prepare resources for loading activities handling and moving
- already held animal transportation vehicles services
- already held analyse requirements for moving goods handling and moving
- already held manage the transportation of animals handling and moving
- already held animal transport regulations business, administration and law
- already held hazards associated with loading dangerous goods services
All 10 carried skills, including the 5 the move manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 25 missing skills fall into 5 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 manage inventory required
- still to learn manage budgets required
- still to learn manage logistics required
- still to learn manage staff required
- still to learn perform project management required
- optional, not held consider constraints in maritime shipping optional
- optional, not held supervise loading of cargo optional
- optional, not held supervise unloading of cargo optional
- optional, not held budget for financial needs optional
- optional, not held create a work atmosphere of continuous improvement optional
- optional, not held make time-critical decisions optional
- optional, not held prepare shipments in time optional
- still to learn advise clients on moving services required
- still to learn liaise with transportation services required
- still to learn give instructions to staff required
- still to learn liaise with transportation companies required
- still to learn cost management required
- still to learn project management required
- still to learn financial capability required
- optional, not held continuous improvement philosophies optional
- optional, not held leasing process optional
- still to learn obtain permits for use of public spaces required
- still to learn maintain financial records required
- optional, not held handle shipment paperwork optional
- optional, not held ensure that shipment contents correspond with shipping documentation optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a move manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 obtain permits for use of public spaces practise this
- 02 advise clients on moving services practise this
- 03 cost management study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 10 skills that carry over
- already held analyse requirements for moving goods skill
- already held communicate with customers skill
- already held health and safety measures in transportation knowledge
- already held transportation methods knowledge
- already held use communication devices skill
- already held animal transport regulations knowledge
- already held animal transportation vehicles knowledge
- already held hazards associated with loading dangerous goods knowledge
- already held manage the transportation of animals skill
- already held prepare resources for loading activities skill
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held consider constraints in maritime shipping optional
- optional, not held ensure that shipment contents correspond with shipping documentation optional
- optional, not held handle shipment paperwork optional
- optional, not held supervise loading of cargo optional
- optional, not held supervise unloading of cargo optional
- optional, not held budget for financial needs optional
- optional, not held continuous improvement philosophies optional
- optional, not held create a work atmosphere of continuous improvement optional
- optional, not held leasing process optional
- optional, not held make time-critical decisions optional
- optional, not held prepare shipments in time optional
16 held skills the move manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role contact customers skill
- not needed by the target role design procedures for the relocation of specific goods skill
- not needed by the target role determine cargo loading sequence skill
- not needed by the target role develop efficiency plans for logistics operations skill
- not needed by the target role electricity knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure correct goods labelling skill
- not needed by the target role handle delivery of furniture goods skill
- not needed by the target role interview people skill
- not needed by the target role maintain inventory of tools skill
- not needed by the target role mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor customer inquiries skill
- not needed by the target role plan transport operations skill
- not needed by the target role read pictograms skill
- not needed by the target role satisfy customers skill
- not needed by the target role select equipment required for moving activities skill
- not needed by the target role types of packaging materials knowledge
5 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 cost management required
- still to learn project management required
- still to learn financial capability required
- optional, not held continuous improvement philosophies optional
- optional, not held leasing process optional
Other moves recorded from move coordinator
Common questions about this move
Can a move coordinator become a move manager?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A move coordinator already covers 27% of what a move manager is expected to do: 10 skills carry over, 5 of which the move manager role treats as required.
What skills does a move coordinator need to become a move manager?
14 required skills are missing, plus 11 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is obtain permits for use of public spaces.
How hard is the move from move coordinator to move manager?
Its learning distance is 72.3 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.