Stevedore to moving truck driver
A stevedore already meets 18% of what the moving truck driver role asks for. The move turns on 17 required skills not yet in the profile.
80.6/ 100
1 How much of what a moving truck driver is expected to do is already part of a stevedore’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 moving truck driver role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A moving truck driver role treats 4 of its required skills as things a stevedore already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- manoeuvre heavy trucks
- perform defensive driving
- store warehouse goods
- vehicle cargo capacity
What stands in the way is 17 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A moving truck driver role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a stevedore background worth leading with.
- already held organise weight of loads according to lifting equipment capacity working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held store warehouse goods handling and moving
- already held vehicle cargo capacity services
- already held apply techniques for stacking goods into containers handling and moving
- already held manoeuvre heavy trucks working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held perform defensive driving working with machinery and specialised equipment
All 7 carried skills, including the 4 the moving truck driver role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 32 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 carry objects required
- still to learn handle delivery of furniture goods required
- still to learn load bulk trucks required
- still to learn perform cleaning duties required
- optional, not held analyse requirements for moving goods optional
- optional, not held determine cargo loading sequence optional
- optional, not held use packaging equipment optional
- optional, not held assemble goods optional
- optional, not held execute vehicle maintenance optional
- optional, not held load animals for transportation optional
- optional, not held pack goods optional
- optional, not held use traditional toolbox tools optional
- still to learn drive in urban areas required
- still to learn ensure vehicle operability required
- still to learn use communication equipment required
- still to learn use equipment for safe stowage required
- still to learn road transport legislation required
- still to learn road traffic laws required
- optional, not held animal transport regulations optional
- still to learn read pictograms required
- still to learn read maps required
- optional, not held maintain inventory of tools optional
- still to learn follow work procedures required
- still to learn interpret traffic signals required
- still to learn mechanical components of vehicles required
- optional, not held electricity optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a moving truck driver role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 carry objects practise this
- 02 drive in urban areas practise this
- 03 ensure vehicle operability 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 7 skills that carry over
- already held manoeuvre heavy trucks skill
- already held perform defensive driving skill
- already held store warehouse goods skill
- already held vehicle cargo capacity knowledge
- already held apply techniques for stacking goods into containers skill
- already held organise weight of loads according to lifting equipment capacity skill
- already held stack goods skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn communicate with customers required
- still to learn operate GPS systems required
- optional, not held animal transportation vehicles optional
- optional, not held hazards associated with loading dangerous goods optional
- optional, not held health and safety measures in transportation optional
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held analyse requirements for moving goods optional
- optional, not held animal transport regulations optional
- optional, not held animal transportation vehicles optional
- optional, not held determine cargo loading sequence optional
- optional, not held use packaging equipment optional
- optional, not held assemble goods optional
- optional, not held electricity optional
- optional, not held execute vehicle maintenance optional
- optional, not held hazards associated with loading dangerous goods optional
- optional, not held health and safety measures in transportation optional
- optional, not held load animals for transportation optional
- optional, not held maintain inventory of tools optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
- optional, not held pack goods optional
- optional, not held use traditional toolbox tools optional
36 held skills the moving truck driver role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role accommodate cargo in freight transport vehicle skill
- not needed by the target role analyse relation between supply chain improvement and profit skill
- not needed by the target role analyse supply chain strategies skill
- not needed by the target role assess stability of vessels skill
- not needed by the target role assess trim of vessels skill
- not needed by the target role climb on railcars skill
- not needed by the target role conduct routine machinery checks skill
- not needed by the target role ensure that shipment contents correspond with shipping documentation skill
- not needed by the target role execute chilling processes to food products skill
- not needed by the target role functions of vessel deck equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle fuels skill
- not needed by the target role handle intermodal equipment skill
- not needed by the target role hazardous freight regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role international regulations for cargo handling knowledge
- not needed by the target role keep time accurately skill
- not needed by the target role laws on the transportation of dangerous goods knowledge
- not needed by the target role lift heavy weights skill
- not needed by the target role loading charts for transportation of goods knowledge
- not needed by the target role mark differences in colours skill
- not needed by the target role national regulations on handling cargo knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate forklift skill
- not needed by the target role operate maritime lifting equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate material handling equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate on-board computer systems skill
- not needed by the target role operate voice picking systems skill
- not needed by the target role perform services in a flexible manner skill
- not needed by the target role ramp safety requirements knowledge
- not needed by the target role receive shipment packaging information skill
- not needed by the target role relay messages through radio and telephone systems skill
- not needed by the target role safety regulations for warehouses knowledge
- not needed by the target role shunt inbound loads skill
- not needed by the target role shunt outbound loads skill
- not needed by the target role tolerate stress skill
- not needed by the target role use ICT systems skill
- not needed by the target role warehouse operations knowledge
- not needed by the target role work on uneven surfaces skill
9 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 mechanical components of vehicles required
- still to learn road transport legislation required
- still to learn road traffic laws required
- optional, not held animal transport regulations optional
- optional, not held animal transportation vehicles optional
- optional, not held electricity optional
- optional, not held hazards associated with loading dangerous goods optional
- optional, not held health and safety measures in transportation optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
Common questions about this move
Can a stevedore become a moving truck driver?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A stevedore already covers 18% of what a moving truck driver is expected to do: 7 skills carry over, 4 of which the moving truck driver role treats as required.
What skills does a stevedore need to become a moving truck driver?
17 required skills are missing, plus 15 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is carry objects.
How hard is the move from stevedore to moving truck driver?
Its learning distance is 80.6 out of 100, which is the career change 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.