Postman/postwoman to car and van delivery driver
A postman/postwoman already meets 56% of what the car and van delivery driver role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
45.2/ 100
1 How much of what a car and van delivery driver 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 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 10 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 in urban areas
- establish daily priorities
What stands in the way is 4 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 15 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 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 15 carried skills, including the 10 the car and van delivery driver role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 19 missing skills fall into 9 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 at high speeds optional
- still to learn obey traffic rules required
- optional, not held handle fragile items optional
- still to learn health and safety measures in transportation required
- optional, not held maintain vehicle delivery documentation 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
- optional, not held follow verbal instructions optional
- optional, not held follow written instructions optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- optional, not held handle delivery of furniture goods optional
- optional, not held handle delivered packages optional
3 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 obey traffic rules practise this
- 02 solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools practise this
- 03 drive vehicles 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 15 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 in urban areas skill
- already held establish daily priorities skill
- already held geographic areas knowledge
- already held interpret traffic signals skill
- already held road traffic laws knowledge
- already held use geographic information systems skill
- already held data protection knowledge
- already held drive two-wheeled vehicles skill
- already held ensure the integrity of mail skill
- already held operate mailing information systems skill
- already held organise mail deliveries skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held maintain vehicle appearance optional
- optional, not held monitor merchandise delivery optional
- optional, not held operate GPS systems optional
15 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 maintain vehicle appearance optional
- optional, not held maintain vehicle delivery documentation optional
- optional, not held monitor merchandise delivery 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 operate GPS systems optional
- optional, not held process payments optional
- optional, not held set payment handling strategies optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
8 held skills the car and van delivery driver 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 execute working instructions skill
- not needed by the target role handle mail 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
1 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 health and safety measures in transportation required
Common questions about this move
Can a postman/postwoman become a car and van delivery driver?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A postman/postwoman already covers 56% of what a car and van delivery driver is expected to do: 15 skills carry over, 10 of which the car and van delivery driver role treats as required.
What skills does a postman/postwoman need to become a car and van delivery driver?
4 required skills are missing, plus 15 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with machinery and specialised equipment. The single most important is obey traffic rules.
How hard is the move from postman/postwoman to car and van delivery driver?
Its learning distance is 45.2 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.