Career Overlap Transition record
RecordMove

Mover to move manager

A mover already meets 19% of what the move manager role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From mover
19 % overlap
Distant match
To move manager
6 You already bring
15 Still to learn
35 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance A rebuild

79.1/ 100

1 How much of what a move manager is expected to do is already part of a mover’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

Why this move works

A move manager role treats 4 of its required skills as things a mover 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
  • use communication devices

What stands in the way is 15 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 move manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a mover background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • 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
  • 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 4 the move manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 29 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.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 management skills 5 required, 7 supplementary
  • 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
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required
  • 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
03 business, administration and law 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • 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
04 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • 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
05 services 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn transportation methods required
  • optional, not held animal transportation vehicles optional
06 handling and moving 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held manage the transportation of animals optional
  • optional, not held prepare resources for loading activities optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

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.

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 analyse requirements for moving goods skill
  • already held communicate with customers skill
  • already held health and safety measures in transportation knowledge
  • already held use communication devices skill
  • already held animal transport regulations knowledge
  • already held hazards associated with loading dangerous goods knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to pick up Tier
07 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held ensure that shipment contents correspond with shipping documentation optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held animal transportation vehicles optional
  • 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 manage the transportation of animals optional
  • optional, not held prepare resources for loading activities 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
26 held skills the move manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply techniques for stacking goods into containers skill
  • not needed by the target role assemble machines skill
  • not needed by the target role carry objects skill
  • not needed by the target role clean furniture skill
  • not needed by the target role clean surfaces skill
  • not needed by the target role determine cargo loading sequence skill
  • not needed by the target role disassemble machines skill
  • not needed by the target role electricity knowledge
  • not needed by the target role follow detailed procedures for relocating specific goods skill
  • not needed by the target role follow work procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role handle delivery of furniture goods skill
  • not needed by the target role implement efficiency plans for logistics operations skill
  • not needed by the target role load animals for transportation 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 operate cranes skill
  • not needed by the target role operate forklift skill
  • not needed by the target role organise weight of loads according to lifting equipment capacity skill
  • not needed by the target role pack goods skill
  • not needed by the target role perform cleaning duties skill
  • not needed by the target role read pictograms skill
  • not needed by the target role select equipment required for moving activities skill
  • not needed by the target role shunt inbound loads skill
  • not needed by the target role stack goods skill
  • not needed by the target role types of packaging materials knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use traditional toolbox tools skill
7 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
  • still to learn cost management required
  • still to learn project management required
  • still to learn transportation methods required
  • still to learn financial capability required
  • optional, not held animal transportation vehicles optional
  • optional, not held continuous improvement philosophies optional
  • optional, not held leasing process optional
Index
FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a mover become a move manager?

Yes, and it is a career change move. A mover already covers 19% of what a move manager is expected to do: 6 skills carry over, 4 of which the move manager role treats as required.

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

15 required skills are missing, plus 14 optional ones. They fall into 7 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 mover to move manager?

Its learning distance is 79.1 out of 100, which is the career change 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.