Moving truck driver to car and van delivery driver
A moving truck driver already meets 27% of what the car and van delivery driver role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
70.3/ 100
1 How much of what a car and van delivery driver is expected to do is already part of a moving truck driver’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 car and van delivery driver role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A car and van delivery driver role treats 5 of its required skills as things a moving truck driver already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- communicate with customers
- drive in urban areas
- health and safety measures in transportation
- interpret traffic signals
- road traffic laws
What stands in the way is 9 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A car and van delivery driver role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a moving truck driver background worth leading with.
- already held handle delivery of furniture goods handling and moving
- already held drive in urban areas working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held interpret traffic signals assisting and caring
- already held health and safety measures in transportation services
- already held operate GPS systems working with computers
- already held road traffic laws business, administration and law
All 7 carried skills, including the 5 the car and van delivery driver role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 27 missing skills fall into 10 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 solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools required
- still to learn drive vehicles required
- optional, not held drive two-wheeled vehicles optional
- optional, not held drive at high speeds optional
- still to learn establish daily priorities required
- optional, not held maintain vehicle delivery documentation optional
- optional, not held organise mail deliveries optional
- optional, not held check deliveries on receipt optional
- optional, not held handle paperwork optional
- optional, not held process payments optional
- optional, not held set payment handling strategies optional
- still to learn act reliably required
- optional, not held follow verbal instructions optional
- optional, not held follow written instructions optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- still to learn differentiate types of packages required
- optional, not held ensure the integrity of mail optional
- optional, not held handle delivered packages optional
- still to learn analyse travel alternatives required
- optional, not held monitor merchandise delivery optional
- optional, not held operate mailing information systems optional
- still to learn obey traffic rules required
- optional, not held handle fragile items optional
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a car and van delivery driver role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 analyse travel alternatives practise this
- 02 differentiate types of packages practise this
- 03 obey traffic rules 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 7 skills that carry over
- already held communicate with customers skill
- already held drive in urban areas skill
- already held health and safety measures in transportation knowledge
- already held interpret traffic signals skill
- already held road traffic laws knowledge
- already held handle delivery of furniture goods skill
- already held operate GPS systems skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn geographic areas required
- still to learn use geographic information systems required
- optional, not held maintain vehicle appearance optional
- optional, not held data protection optional
18 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held data protection optional
- optional, not held drive two-wheeled vehicles optional
- optional, not held ensure the integrity of mail optional
- optional, not held handle fragile items optional
- optional, not held maintain vehicle appearance optional
- optional, not held maintain vehicle delivery documentation optional
- optional, not held monitor merchandise delivery optional
- optional, not held operate mailing information systems optional
- optional, not held organise mail deliveries optional
- optional, not held check deliveries on receipt optional
- optional, not held drive at high speeds optional
- optional, not held follow verbal instructions optional
- optional, not held follow written instructions optional
- optional, not held handle delivered packages optional
- optional, not held handle paperwork optional
- optional, not held process payments optional
- optional, not held set payment handling strategies optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
32 held skills the car and van delivery driver role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse requirements for moving goods skill
- not needed by the target role animal transport regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role animal transportation vehicles knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply techniques for stacking goods into containers skill
- not needed by the target role assemble goods skill
- not needed by the target role carry objects skill
- not needed by the target role determine cargo loading sequence skill
- not needed by the target role electricity knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure vehicle operability skill
- not needed by the target role execute vehicle maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role follow work procedures skill
- not needed by the target role hazards associated with loading dangerous goods knowledge
- not needed by the target role load animals for transportation skill
- not needed by the target role load bulk trucks skill
- not needed by the target role maintain inventory of tools skill
- not needed by the target role manoeuvre heavy trucks skill
- not needed by the target role mechanical components of vehicles knowledge
- not needed by the target role mechanics knowledge
- 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 perform defensive driving skill
- not needed by the target role read maps skill
- not needed by the target role read pictograms skill
- not needed by the target role road transport legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role stack goods skill
- not needed by the target role store warehouse goods skill
- not needed by the target role use communication equipment skill
- not needed by the target role use equipment for safe stowage skill
- not needed by the target role use packaging equipment skill
- not needed by the target role use traditional toolbox tools skill
- not needed by the target role vehicle cargo capacity knowledge
2 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 geographic areas required
- optional, not held data protection optional
Other moves recorded from moving truck driver
- mover 69% covered · moderate
- move coordinator 46% covered · moderate
- cargo vehicle driver 40% covered · substantial
- dangerous goods driver 39% covered · substantial
- private chauffeur 34% covered · substantial
- bus driver 30% covered · substantial
- trolley bus driver 30% covered · substantial
- bicycle courier 28% covered · substantial
Common questions about this move
Can a moving truck driver become a car and van delivery driver?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A moving truck driver already covers 27% of what a car and van delivery driver is expected to do: 7 skills carry over, 5 of which the car and van delivery driver role treats as required.
What skills does a moving truck driver need to become a car and van delivery driver?
9 required skills are missing, plus 18 optional ones. They fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with machinery and specialised equipment. The single most important is analyse travel alternatives.
How hard is the move from moving truck driver to car and van delivery driver?
Its learning distance is 70.3 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.