movertomoving 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.
This move: 64 of 100 · substantial
1 Share of the moving truck driver role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the mover profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
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 would need to learn
The 19 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held drive in urban areas required
- required, not held ensure vehicle operability required
- required, not held perform defensive driving required
- required, not held use communication equipment required
- required, not held use equipment for safe stowage required
- required, not held manoeuvre heavy trucks required
- required, not held store warehouse goods required
- required, not held load bulk trucks required
- optional, not held use packaging equipment optional
- optional, not held assemble goods optional
- optional, not held execute vehicle maintenance optional
- required, not held road transport legislation required
- required, not held road traffic laws required
- required, not held vehicle cargo capacity required
- optional, not held animal transportation vehicles optional
- required, not held interpret traffic signals required
- required, not held 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 skill · sector specific
- 02 ensure vehicle operability skill · sector specific
- 03 mechanical components of vehicles knowledge · sector specific
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
- required, not held read maps required
- required, not held 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.
- required, not held mechanical components of vehicles required
- required, not held road transport legislation required
- required, not held vehicle cargo capacity required
- required, not held road traffic laws required
- optional, not held animal transportation vehicles optional
Other moves recorded from mover
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.