Move manager to move coordinator
A move manager already meets 42% of what the move coordinator role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
56.8/ 100
1 How much of what a move coordinator is expected to do is already part of a move manager’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 coordinator role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A move coordinator role treats 6 of its required skills as things a move manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- analyse requirements for moving goods
- hazards associated with loading dangerous goods
- health and safety measures in transportation
- prepare resources for loading activities
- transportation methods
- use communication devices
What stands in the way is 7 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 coordinator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a move manager 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 hazards associated with loading dangerous goods services
- already held animal transport regulations business, administration and law
All 10 carried skills, including the 6 the move coordinator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 16 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 determine cargo loading sequence required
- still to learn handle delivery of furniture goods required
- still to learn select equipment required for moving activities required
- still to learn ensure correct goods labelling required
- still to learn maintain inventory of tools required
- optional, not held monitor customer inquiries optional
- optional, not held read pictograms optional
- still to learn types of packaging materials required
- optional, not held electricity optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
- still to learn design procedures for the relocation of specific goods required
- optional, not held develop efficiency plans for logistics operations optional
- optional, not held plan transport operations optional
- optional, not held contact customers optional
- optional, not held interview people optional
- optional, not held satisfy customers optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a move coordinator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 design procedures for the relocation of specific goods practise this
- 02 determine cargo loading sequence practise this
- 03 ensure correct goods labelling 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 10 skills that carry over
- already held analyse requirements for moving goods skill
- already held hazards associated with loading dangerous goods knowledge
- already held health and safety measures in transportation knowledge
- already held prepare resources for loading activities skill
- 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 communicate with customers skill
- already held manage the transportation of animals skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held contact customers optional
- optional, not held develop efficiency plans for logistics operations optional
- optional, not held interview people optional
- optional, not held monitor customer inquiries optional
- optional, not held plan transport operations optional
- optional, not held read pictograms optional
- optional, not held electricity optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
- optional, not held satisfy customers optional
25 held skills the move coordinator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise clients on moving services skill
- not needed by the target role budget for financial needs skill
- not needed by the target role consider constraints in maritime shipping skill
- not needed by the target role continuous improvement philosophies knowledge
- not needed by the target role cost management knowledge
- not needed by the target role create a work atmosphere of continuous improvement skill
- not needed by the target role ensure that shipment contents correspond with shipping documentation skill
- not needed by the target role financial capability knowledge
- not needed by the target role give instructions to staff skill
- not needed by the target role handle shipment paperwork skill
- not needed by the target role leasing process knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with transportation companies skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with transportation services skill
- not needed by the target role maintain financial records skill
- not needed by the target role make time-critical decisions skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role manage inventory skill
- not needed by the target role manage logistics skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role obtain permits for use of public spaces skill
- not needed by the target role perform project management skill
- not needed by the target role prepare shipments in time skill
- not needed by the target role project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role supervise loading of cargo skill
- not needed by the target role supervise unloading of cargo skill
3 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 types of packaging materials required
- optional, not held electricity optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
Other moves recorded from move manager
Common questions about this move
Can a move manager become a move coordinator?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A move manager already covers 42% of what a move coordinator is expected to do: 10 skills carry over, 6 of which the move coordinator role treats as required.
What skills does a move manager need to become a move coordinator?
7 required skills are missing, plus 9 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is design procedures for the relocation of specific goods.
How hard is the move from move manager to move coordinator?
Its learning distance is 56.8 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.