Moving truck driver to dangerous goods driver
A moving truck driver already meets 39% of what the dangerous goods driver role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
60.5/ 100
1 How much of what a dangerous goods 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 dangerous goods driver role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A dangerous goods driver role treats 8 of its required skills as things a moving truck driver already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- hazards associated with loading dangerous goods
- health and safety measures in transportation
- interpret traffic signals
- manoeuvre heavy trucks
- mechanical components of vehicles
- operate GPS systems
What stands in the way is 12 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A dangerous goods 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 hazards associated with loading dangerous goods services
- already held vehicle cargo capacity services
- already held manoeuvre heavy trucks working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held perform defensive driving working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held mechanical components of vehicles engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held interpret traffic signals assisting and caring
All 8 carried skills, including the 8 the dangerous goods driver role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 14 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.
- still to learn anticipate foreseeable problems on the road required
- still to learn control the performance of the vehicle required
- still to learn parallel park vehicles required
- still to learn practice emergency stops required
- still to learn maintain logbooks required
- still to learn check dangerous goods transport unit required
- optional, not held maintain gas mileage records optional
- still to learn stay alert required
- still to learn use different communication channels required
- still to learn operate emergency equipment required
- still to learn transport dangerous goods required
- still to learn transport topography required
- optional, not held international carriage of dangerous goods by road optional
- still to learn revise certifications for dangerous good transportation required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a dangerous goods driver role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 anticipate foreseeable problems on the road practise this
- 02 control the performance of the vehicle practise this
- 03 maintain logbooks 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 8 skills that carry over
- already held hazards associated with loading dangerous goods knowledge
- already held health and safety measures in transportation knowledge
- already held interpret traffic signals skill
- already held manoeuvre heavy trucks skill
- already held mechanical components of vehicles knowledge
- already held operate GPS systems skill
- already held perform defensive driving skill
- already held vehicle cargo capacity knowledge
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held maintain gas mileage records optional
- optional, not held international carriage of dangerous goods by road optional
31 held skills the dangerous goods 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 communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role determine cargo loading sequence skill
- not needed by the target role drive in urban areas 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 handle delivery of furniture goods skill
- 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 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 read maps skill
- not needed by the target role read pictograms skill
- not needed by the target role road traffic laws knowledge
- 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
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 transport topography required
- optional, not held international carriage of dangerous goods by road optional
Other moves recorded from moving truck driver
- mover 69% covered · moderate
- move coordinator 46% covered · moderate
- cargo vehicle driver 40% covered · substantial
- private chauffeur 34% covered · substantial
- bus driver 30% covered · substantial
- trolley bus driver 30% covered · substantial
- bicycle courier 28% covered · substantial
- car and van delivery driver 27% covered · substantial
Common questions about this move
Can a moving truck driver become a dangerous goods driver?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A moving truck driver already covers 39% of what a dangerous goods driver is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 8 of which the dangerous goods driver role treats as required.
What skills does a moving truck driver need to become a dangerous goods driver?
12 required skills are missing, plus 2 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with machinery and specialised equipment. The single most important is anticipate foreseeable problems on the road.
How hard is the move from moving truck driver to dangerous goods driver?
Its learning distance is 60.5 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.