Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

road transport division managertoroad operations manager

A road transport division manager already meets 46% of what the road operations manager role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.

From road transport division manager
46%
Overlap1
To road operations manager
13 Skills carried over
14 Required, not held
62.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

46%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

62.2/ 100

1 Share of the road operations manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the road transport division manager profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A road operations manager role treats 12 of its required skills as things a road transport division manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • analyse road traffic patterns
  • analyse transportation costs
  • coordinate transport fleet
  • coordinate transport staff training
  • develop efficiency plans for logistics operations
  • make independent operating decisions

What stands in the way is 14 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A road operations manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a road transport division manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held coordinate transport fleet management skills
  • already held coordinate transport staff training management skills
  • already held plan road fleet maintenance management skills
  • already held analyse road traffic patterns information skills
  • already held develop efficiency plans for logistics operations management skills
  • already held analyse transportation costs information skills

All 13 carried skills, including the 12 the road operations manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 16 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 assisting and caring 3 required
  • required, not held apply road transport environmental measures required
  • required, not held focus on service required
  • required, not held manage the customer experience required
02 management skills 3 required
  • required, not held assign vehicles in accordance with requirements required
  • required, not held coordinate road haulage operations required
  • required, not held plan vehicle replacement required
03 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held set transport targets required
  • required, not held analyse reports provided by passengers required
  • optional, not held distribute technical information on operation of vehicles optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required
  • required, not held implement efficiency plans for logistics operations required
  • required, not held liaise with transportation companies required
05 services 2 required
  • required, not held city road network required
  • required, not held national road network required
06 business, administration and law 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held project management required
  • optional, not held green logistics optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a road operations manager 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

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 13 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held analyse road traffic patterns skill
  • already held analyse transportation costs skill
  • already held coordinate transport fleet skill
  • already held coordinate transport staff training skill
  • already held develop efficiency plans for logistics operations skill
  • already held make independent operating decisions skill
  • already held passenger transport regulations knowledge
  • already held plan road fleet maintenance skill
  • already held promote the use of sustainable transport skill
  • already held road traffic laws knowledge
  • already held road transport legislation knowledge
  • already held use different communication channels skill
  • already held manage budgets skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held manage computer-based transport operation control systems required
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held distribute technical information on operation of vehicles optional
  • optional, not held green logistics optional
19 held skills the road operations manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role address problems critically skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse customer service surveys skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse the need for technical resources skill
  • not needed by the target role anticipate transport demand skill
  • not needed by the target role control financial resources skill
  • not needed by the target role develop mobility programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role develop passenger outreach strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role develop urban transport studies skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with legal requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate company needs skill
  • not needed by the target role exercise stewardship skill
  • not needed by the target role focus on passengers skill
  • not needed by the target role give instructions to staff skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain relationships with government agencies skill
  • not needed by the target role manage a team skill
  • not needed by the target role manage company fleet skill
  • not needed by the target role manage staff skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare transportation routes skill
  • not needed by the target role use fleet management system skill
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held city road network required
  • required, not held national road network required
  • required, not held project management required
  • optional, not held green logistics optional
Note

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.