Moving truck driver to move coordinator
A moving truck driver already meets 46% of what the move coordinator role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
53.6/ 100
1 How much of what a move coordinator 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 move coordinator role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A move coordinator role treats 6 of its required skills as things a moving truck driver already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- analyse requirements for moving goods
- determine cargo loading sequence
- handle delivery of furniture goods
- hazards associated with loading dangerous goods
- health and safety measures in transportation
- maintain inventory of tools
What stands in the way is 7 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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A move coordinator 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 read pictograms information skills
- already held determine cargo loading sequence handling and moving
- already held animal transportation vehicles services
- already held analyse requirements for moving goods handling and moving
- already held hazards associated with loading dangerous goods services
- already held maintain inventory of tools information skills
All 12 carried skills, including the 6 the move coordinator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 14 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.
- still to learn prepare resources for loading activities required
- still to learn select equipment required for moving activities required
- optional, not held manage the transportation of animals optional
- still to learn design procedures for the relocation of specific goods required
- optional, not held develop efficiency plans for logistics operations optional
- optional, not held plan transport operations optional
- still to learn ensure correct goods labelling required
- optional, not held monitor customer inquiries optional
- still to learn types of packaging materials required
- still to learn transportation methods required
- still to learn use communication devices required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a move coordinator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 design procedures for the relocation of specific goods practise this
- 02 ensure correct goods labelling practise this
- 03 prepare resources for loading activities 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 12 skills that carry over
- already held analyse requirements for moving goods skill
- already held determine cargo loading sequence skill
- already held handle delivery of furniture goods skill
- already held hazards associated with loading dangerous goods knowledge
- already held health and safety measures in transportation knowledge
- already held maintain inventory of tools skill
- already held animal transport regulations knowledge
- already held animal transportation vehicles knowledge
- already held communicate with customers skill
- already held electricity knowledge
- already held mechanics knowledge
- already held read pictograms skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held contact customers optional
- optional, not held interview people optional
- optional, not held satisfy customers optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held contact customers optional
- optional, not held develop efficiency plans for logistics operations optional
- optional, not held interview people optional
- optional, not held manage the transportation of animals optional
- optional, not held monitor customer inquiries optional
- optional, not held plan transport operations optional
- optional, not held satisfy customers optional
27 held skills the move coordinator role does not ask for
- 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 drive in urban areas skill
- 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 interpret traffic signals 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 manoeuvre heavy trucks skill
- not needed by the target role mechanical components of vehicles knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate GPS systems 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 perform defensive driving skill
- not needed by the target role read maps 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
- 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 transportation methods required
- still to learn types of packaging materials required
Other moves recorded from moving truck driver
- mover 69% 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
- car and van delivery driver 27% covered · substantial
Common questions about this move
Can a moving truck driver become a move coordinator?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A moving truck driver already covers 46% of what a move coordinator is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 6 of which the move coordinator role treats as required.
What skills does a moving truck driver need to become a move coordinator?
7 required skills are missing, plus 7 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is design procedures for the relocation of specific goods.
How hard is the move from moving truck driver to move coordinator?
Its learning distance is 53.6 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.