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

waste brokertorefuse vehicle driver

A waste broker already meets 34% of what the refuse vehicle driver role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From waste broker
34%
Overlap1
To refuse vehicle driver
8 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
62.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

34%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

62.3/ 100

1 Share of the refuse vehicle driver role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the waste broker 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 refuse vehicle driver role treats 5 of its required skills as things a waste broker already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • maintain waste collection records
  • types of waste collection vehicles
  • waste and scrap products
  • waste management
  • waste transport legislation

What stands in the way is 7 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A refuse vehicle driver role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a waste broker background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held types of waste collection vehicles services
  • already held establish waste collection routes management skills
  • already held maintain waste collection records information skills
  • already held hazardous materials transportation services
  • already held waste transport legislation business, administration and law
  • already held waste and scrap products services

All 8 carried skills, including the 5 the refuse vehicle driver role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 missing skills fall into 8 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 working with machinery and specialised equipment 4 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held park vehicles in depot required
  • required, not held drive vehicles required
  • required, not held drive waste collection vehicle required
  • required, not held manoeuvre heavy trucks required
  • optional, not held drive in urban areas optional
  • optional, not held drive vehicles in processions optional
02 handling and moving 1 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held manage waste rock required
  • optional, not held assess waste type optional
  • optional, not held collect domestic waste optional
  • optional, not held empty community waste collection bins optional
  • optional, not held collect industrial waste optional
  • optional, not held dispose of hazardous waste optional
  • optional, not held dispose of non-hazardous waste optional
03 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held use personal protection equipment required
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • required, not held adhere to transportation work schedule required
05 constructing 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held maintain refuse collection equipment optional
  • optional, not held maintain septic tanks optional
06 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held road transport legislation optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a refuse vehicle driver 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 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held maintain waste collection records skill
  • already held types of waste collection vehicles knowledge
  • already held waste and scrap products knowledge
  • already held waste management knowledge
  • already held waste transport legislation knowledge
  • already held establish waste collection routes skill
  • already held hazardous materials transportation knowledge
  • already held hazardous waste storage knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held read maps optional
08 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held operate GPS systems optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assess waste type optional
  • optional, not held collect domestic waste optional
  • optional, not held drive in urban areas optional
  • optional, not held drive vehicles in processions optional
  • optional, not held empty community waste collection bins optional
  • optional, not held maintain refuse collection equipment optional
  • optional, not held maintain septic tanks optional
  • optional, not held road transport legislation optional
  • optional, not held collect industrial waste optional
  • optional, not held dispose of hazardous waste optional
  • optional, not held dispose of non-hazardous waste optional
  • optional, not held operate GPS systems optional
  • optional, not held read maps optional
16 held skills the refuse vehicle driver role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on waste management procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role apply transportation management concepts skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with waste collectors skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with waste treatment facilities skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate shipments of recycling materials skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate shipments of waste materials skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate waste management procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with waste legislative regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
  • not needed by the target role implement transport strategy skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect compliance with hazardous waste regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role investigate complaints about improper waste handling skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor legislation developments skill
  • not needed by the target role update licenses 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held road transport legislation optional
Index

Other moves recorded from waste broker

Full index of moves from waste broker

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.