Move coordinator to moving truck driver
A move coordinator already meets 23% of what the moving truck driver role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.
77.6/ 100
1 How much of what a moving truck driver 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 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 3 of its required skills as things a move coordinator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- communicate with customers
- handle delivery of furniture goods
- read pictograms
What stands in the way is 18 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 12 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 move coordinator background worth leading with.
- already held read pictograms information skills
- already held animal transportation vehicles services
- already held determine cargo loading sequence handling and moving
- already held analyse requirements for moving goods handling and moving
- already held animal transport regulations business, administration and law
- already held hazards associated with loading dangerous goods services
All 12 carried skills, including the 3 the moving truck driver role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 27 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 drive in urban areas required
- still to learn ensure vehicle operability required
- still to learn perform defensive driving required
- still to learn use communication equipment required
- still to learn use equipment for safe stowage required
- still to learn manoeuvre heavy trucks required
- optional, not held organise weight of loads according to lifting equipment capacity optional
- still to learn carry objects 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 apply techniques for stacking goods into containers 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 follow work procedures required
- still to learn interpret traffic signals required
- still to learn road transport legislation required
- still to learn road traffic laws required
- still to learn mechanical components of vehicles required
- still to learn read maps 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 12 skills that carry over
- already held communicate with customers skill
- already held handle delivery of furniture goods skill
- already held read pictograms skill
- already held analyse requirements for moving goods skill
- already held animal transport regulations knowledge
- already held animal transportation vehicles knowledge
- already held determine cargo loading sequence skill
- already held electricity knowledge
- already held hazards associated with loading dangerous goods knowledge
- already held health and safety measures in transportation knowledge
- already held maintain inventory of tools skill
- already held mechanics knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn vehicle cargo capacity required
- still to learn operate GPS systems required
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held apply techniques for stacking goods into containers 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 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
14 held skills the moving truck driver 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 develop efficiency plans for logistics operations skill
- not needed by the target role ensure correct goods labelling skill
- not needed by the target role interview people skill
- not needed by the target role manage the transportation of animals skill
- 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 prepare resources for loading activities 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 transportation methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role types of packaging materials knowledge
- not needed by the target role use communication devices 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 mechanical components of vehicles required
- still to learn road transport legislation required
- still to learn vehicle cargo capacity required
- still to learn road traffic laws required
Other moves recorded from move coordinator
Common questions about this move
Can a move coordinator become a moving truck driver?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A move coordinator already covers 23% of what a moving truck driver is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 3 of which the moving truck driver role treats as required.
What skills does a move coordinator need to become a moving truck driver?
18 required skills are missing, plus 9 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with machinery and specialised equipment. The single most important is carry objects.
How hard is the move from move coordinator to moving truck driver?
Its learning distance is 77.6 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.