Career Overlap Transition record
RecordMove

Move manager to mover

A move manager already meets 21% of what the mover role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From move manager
21 % overlap
Distant match
To mover
6 You already bring
10 Still to learn
32 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Substantial retraining

74/ 100

1 How much of what a mover 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 mover role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A mover role treats 3 of its required skills as things a move manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • communicate with customers
  • hazards associated with loading dangerous goods
  • use communication devices

What stands in the way is 10 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mover 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.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held analyse requirements for moving goods handling and moving
  • already held hazards associated with loading dangerous goods services
  • already held animal transport regulations business, administration and law
  • already held use communication devices working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held health and safety measures in transportation services
  • already held communicate with customers communication, collaboration and creativity

All 6 carried skills, including the 3 the mover role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 26 missing skills fall into 6 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.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 handling and moving 6 required, 7 supplementary
  • still to learn carry objects required
  • still to learn handle delivery of furniture goods required
  • still to learn select equipment required for moving activities required
  • still to learn pack goods required
  • still to learn stack goods required
  • still to learn use traditional toolbox tools required
  • optional, not held apply techniques for stacking goods into containers optional
  • optional, not held determine cargo loading sequence optional
  • optional, not held assemble machines optional
  • optional, not held clean furniture optional
  • optional, not held clean surfaces optional
  • optional, not held load animals for transportation optional
  • optional, not held perform cleaning duties optional
02 information skills 2 required
  • still to learn read pictograms required
  • still to learn maintain inventory of tools required
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn follow detailed procedures for relocating specific goods required
  • optional, not held implement efficiency plans for logistics operations optional
04 assisting and caring 1 required
  • still to learn follow work procedures required
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 5 supplementary
  • optional, not held disassemble machines optional
  • optional, not held organise weight of loads according to lifting equipment capacity optional
  • optional, not held shunt inbound loads optional
  • optional, not held operate cranes optional
  • optional, not held operate forklift optional
06 engineering, manufacturing and construction 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held electricity optional
  • optional, not held mechanics optional
  • optional, not held types of packaging materials optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a mover 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

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 6 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held communicate with customers skill
  • already held hazards associated with loading dangerous goods knowledge
  • already held use communication devices skill
  • already held analyse requirements for moving goods skill
  • already held animal transport regulations knowledge
  • already held health and safety measures in transportation knowledge
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held apply techniques for stacking goods into containers optional
  • optional, not held determine cargo loading sequence optional
  • optional, not held disassemble machines optional
  • optional, not held organise weight of loads according to lifting equipment capacity optional
  • optional, not held shunt inbound loads optional
  • optional, not held assemble machines optional
  • optional, not held clean furniture optional
  • optional, not held clean surfaces optional
  • optional, not held electricity optional
  • optional, not held implement efficiency plans for logistics operations optional
  • optional, not held load animals for transportation optional
  • optional, not held mechanics optional
  • optional, not held operate cranes optional
  • optional, not held operate forklift optional
  • optional, not held perform cleaning duties optional
  • optional, not held types of packaging materials optional
29 held skills the mover role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise clients on moving services skill
  • not needed by the target role animal transportation vehicles knowledge
  • 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 manage the transportation of animals 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 resources for loading activities 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
  • not needed by the target role transportation methods knowledge
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held electricity optional
  • optional, not held mechanics optional
  • optional, not held types of packaging materials optional
Index

Other moves recorded from move manager

Full index of moves from move manager

FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a move manager become a mover?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A move manager already covers 21% of what a mover is expected to do: 6 skills carry over, 3 of which the mover role treats as required.

What skills does a move manager need to become a mover?

10 required skills are missing, plus 16 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is carry objects.

How hard is the move from move manager to mover?

Its learning distance is 74 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

Note

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.