Mover to moving truck driver
A mover already meets 40% of what the moving truck driver role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.
64/ 100
1 How much of what a moving truck driver 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 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 6 of its required skills as things a mover already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- carry objects
- communicate with customers
- follow work procedures
- handle delivery of furniture goods
- perform cleaning duties
- read pictograms
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 · What you already bring
Of the 20 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 mover background worth leading with.
- already held carry objects handling and moving
- already held read pictograms information skills
- already held determine cargo loading sequence handling and moving
- already held organise weight of loads according to lifting equipment capacity working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held analyse requirements for moving goods handling and moving
- already held use traditional toolbox tools handling and moving
All 20 carried skills, including the 6 the moving truck driver role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 19 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
- still to learn store warehouse goods required
- still to learn load bulk trucks required
- optional, not held use packaging equipment optional
- optional, not held assemble goods optional
- optional, not held execute vehicle maintenance optional
- still to learn road transport legislation required
- still to learn road traffic laws required
- still to learn vehicle cargo capacity required
- optional, not held animal transportation vehicles optional
- still to learn interpret traffic signals required
- still to learn mechanical components of vehicles 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 drive in urban areas practise this
- 02 ensure vehicle operability practise this
- 03 mechanical components of vehicles 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 20 skills that carry over
- already held carry objects skill
- already held communicate with customers skill
- already held follow work procedures skill
- already held handle delivery of furniture goods skill
- already held perform cleaning duties skill
- already held read pictograms skill
- already held analyse requirements for moving goods skill
- already held animal transport regulations knowledge
- already held apply techniques for stacking goods into containers skill
- 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 load animals for transportation skill
- already held maintain inventory of tools skill
- already held mechanics knowledge
- already held organise weight of loads according to lifting equipment capacity skill
- already held pack goods skill
- already held stack goods skill
- already held use traditional toolbox tools skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn read maps required
- still to learn operate GPS systems required
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held animal transportation vehicles optional
- optional, not held use packaging equipment optional
- optional, not held assemble goods optional
- optional, not held execute vehicle maintenance optional
12 held skills the moving truck driver role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assemble machines 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 disassemble machines skill
- not needed by the target role follow detailed procedures for relocating specific goods skill
- not needed by the target role implement efficiency plans for logistics operations skill
- not needed by the target role operate cranes skill
- not needed by the target role operate forklift 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 types of packaging materials knowledge
- not needed by the target role use communication devices skill
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 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
- optional, not held animal transportation vehicles optional
Other moves recorded from mover
Common questions about this move
Can a mover become a moving truck driver?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A mover already covers 40% of what a moving truck driver is expected to do: 20 skills carry over, 6 of which the moving truck driver role treats as required.
What skills does a mover need to become a moving truck driver?
15 required skills are missing, plus 4 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 drive in urban areas.
How hard is the move from mover to moving truck driver?
Its learning distance is 64 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.