Postman/postwoman to bicycle courier
A postman/postwoman already meets 73% of what the bicycle courier role asks for. The move turns on 1 required skill not yet in the profile.
25.6/ 100
1 How much of what a bicycle courier is expected to do is already part of a postman/postwoman’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 bicycle courier role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A bicycle courier role treats 9 of its required skills as things a postman/postwoman already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- act reliably
- analyse travel alternatives
- communicate with customers
- differentiate types of packages
- drive two-wheeled vehicles
- ensure the integrity of mail
What stands in the way is 1 required skill 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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A bicycle courier role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a postman/postwoman background worth leading with.
- already held operate mailing information systems information skills
- already held ensure the integrity of mail handling and moving
- already held organise mail deliveries management skills
- already held differentiate types of packages handling and moving
- already held drive two-wheeled vehicles working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held analyse travel alternatives information skills
All 13 carried skills, including the 9 the bicycle courier role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 9 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 obey traffic rules required
- optional, not held handle fragile items optional
- optional, not held handle delivery of furniture goods optional
- optional, not held handle delivered packages optional
- optional, not held check deliveries on receipt optional
- optional, not held process payments optional
- optional, not held follow written instructions optional
- optional, not held operate GPS systems optional
- optional, not held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 1 entries a bicycle courier role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 13 skills that carry over
- already held act reliably skill
- already held analyse travel alternatives skill
- already held communicate with customers skill
- already held differentiate types of packages skill
- already held drive two-wheeled vehicles skill
- already held ensure the integrity of mail skill
- already held geographic areas knowledge
- already held interpret traffic signals skill
- already held road traffic laws knowledge
- already held drive in urban areas skill
- already held handle mail skill
- already held operate mailing information systems skill
- already held organise mail deliveries skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held handle delivery of furniture goods optional
- optional, not held handle fragile items optional
- optional, not held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools optional
- optional, not held check deliveries on receipt optional
- optional, not held follow written instructions optional
- optional, not held handle delivered packages optional
- optional, not held operate GPS systems optional
- optional, not held process payments optional
10 held skills the bicycle courier role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply information security policies skill
- not needed by the target role contact customers skill
- not needed by the target role data protection knowledge
- not needed by the target role establish daily priorities skill
- not needed by the target role execute working instructions skill
- not needed by the target role implement environmental protection measures skill
- not needed by the target role maintain privacy of service users skill
- not needed by the target role respond to customers' inquiries skill
- not needed by the target role secure sensitive customer's information skill
- not needed by the target role use geographic information systems skill
Common questions about this move
Can a postman/postwoman become a bicycle courier?
Yes, and it is an adjacent move. A postman/postwoman already covers 73% of what a bicycle courier is expected to do: 13 skills carry over, 9 of which the bicycle courier role treats as required.
What skills does a postman/postwoman need to become a bicycle courier?
1 required skills are missing, plus 8 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by assisting and caring. The single most important is obey traffic rules.
How hard is the move from postman/postwoman to bicycle courier?
Its learning distance is 25.6 out of 100, which is the adjacent 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.