Postman/postwoman to motorcycle delivery person
A postman/postwoman already meets 75% of what the motorcycle delivery person role asks for. Every required skill of the target role is already in the profile.
25.9/ 100
1 How much of what a motorcycle delivery person 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 motorcycle delivery person role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A motorcycle delivery person role treats 13 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
- drive two-wheeled vehicles
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A motorcycle delivery person 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 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
- already held drive in urban areas working with machinery and specialised equipment
All 14 carried skills, including the 13 the motorcycle delivery person role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 13 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.
- optional, not held maintain vehicle delivery documentation optional
- optional, not held check deliveries on receipt optional
- optional, not held handle stressful situations in the work place optional
- optional, not held process payments optional
- optional, not held set payment handling strategies optional
- optional, not held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools optional
- optional, not held drive at high speeds optional
- optional, not held drive vehicles optional
- optional, not held handle delivery of furniture goods optional
- optional, not held handle delivered packages optional
- optional, not held handle fragile items optional
- optional, not held follow written instructions optional
- optional, not held monitor merchandise delivery optional
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 14 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 drive two-wheeled vehicles skill
- already held ensure the integrity of mail skill
- already held establish daily priorities skill
- already held geographic areas knowledge
- already held interpret traffic signals skill
- already held organise mail deliveries skill
- already held road traffic laws knowledge
- already held use geographic information systems skill
- already held data protection knowledge
13 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 delivery documentation optional
- optional, not held monitor merchandise delivery 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 drive at high speeds optional
- optional, not held drive vehicles optional
- optional, not held follow written instructions optional
- optional, not held handle delivered packages optional
- optional, not held handle stressful situations in the work place optional
- optional, not held process payments optional
- optional, not held set payment handling strategies optional
9 held skills the motorcycle delivery person 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 operate mailing information systems skill
- not needed by the target role respond to customers' inquiries skill
- not needed by the target role secure sensitive customer's information skill
Common questions about this move
Can a postman/postwoman become a motorcycle delivery person?
Yes, and it is an adjacent move. A postman/postwoman already covers 75% of what a motorcycle delivery person is expected to do: 14 skills carry over, 13 of which the motorcycle delivery person role treats as required.
What skills does a postman/postwoman need to become a motorcycle delivery person?
None of the motorcycle delivery person role's required skills are missing from a postman/postwoman profile. 13 optional skills are not yet covered.
How hard is the move from postman/postwoman to motorcycle delivery person?
Its learning distance is 25.9 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.