car and van delivery drivertoprivate chauffeur
A car and van delivery driver already meets 35% of what the private chauffeur role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.
35%
69.2/ 100
1 Share of the private chauffeur role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the car and van delivery driver 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 this move works
A private chauffeur role treats 10 of its required skills as things a car and van delivery driver already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- communicate with customers
- drive in urban areas
- drive vehicles
- follow verbal instructions
- geographic areas
- health and safety measures in transportation
What stands in the way is 15 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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A private chauffeur role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a car and van delivery driver background worth leading with.
- already held maintain vehicle appearance constructing
- already held analyse travel alternatives information skills
- already held handle delivered packages handling and moving
- already held drive in urban areas working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held interpret traffic signals assisting and caring
- already held geographic areas natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
All 12 carried skills, including the 10 the private chauffeur role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 29 missing skills fall into 9 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.
- required, not held control the performance of the vehicle required
- required, not held ensure vehicle operability required
- required, not held perform defensive driving required
- required, not held provide private transport services required
- required, not held park vehicles required
- optional, not held drive automatic car optional
- optional, not held operate radio equipment optional
- required, not held assist passengers required
- required, not held focus on passengers required
- optional, not held assist disable passengers optional
- optional, not held make reservations optional
- optional, not held provide first aid optional
- required, not held maintain personal hygiene standards required
- required, not held tolerate sitting for long periods required
- optional, not held tolerate stress optional
- required, not held passenger transport regulations required
- required, not held transport topography required
- optional, not held transportation methods optional
- required, not held work in shifts required
- optional, not held demonstrate professional attitude to clients optional
- optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
- optional, not held stay alert optional
- required, not held lift heavy weights required
- optional, not held clean vehicle interiors optional
- optional, not held wash vehicles optional
- optional, not held execute vehicle maintenance optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a private chauffeur role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assist passengers skill · sector specific
- 02 control the performance of the vehicle skill · sector specific
- 03 ensure vehicle operability skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 12 skills that carry over
- already held communicate with customers skill
- already held drive in urban areas skill
- already held drive vehicles skill
- already held follow verbal instructions skill
- already held geographic areas knowledge
- already held health and safety measures in transportation knowledge
- already held interpret traffic signals skill
- already held maintain vehicle appearance skill
- already held operate GPS systems skill
- already held road traffic laws knowledge
- already held analyse travel alternatives skill
- already held handle delivered packages skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held mechanical components of vehicles required
- required, not held read maps required
- optional, not held local geography optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assist disable passengers optional
- optional, not held clean vehicle interiors optional
- optional, not held tolerate stress optional
- optional, not held transportation methods optional
- optional, not held wash vehicles optional
- optional, not held demonstrate professional attitude to clients optional
- optional, not held drive automatic car optional
- optional, not held execute vehicle maintenance optional
- optional, not held local geography optional
- optional, not held make reservations optional
- optional, not held operate radio equipment optional
- optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
- optional, not held provide first aid optional
- optional, not held stay alert optional
22 held skills the private chauffeur role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role act reliably skill
- not needed by the target role check deliveries on receipt skill
- not needed by the target role data protection knowledge
- not needed by the target role differentiate types of packages skill
- not needed by the target role drive at high speeds skill
- not needed by the target role drive two-wheeled vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role ensure the integrity of mail skill
- not needed by the target role establish daily priorities skill
- not needed by the target role follow written instructions skill
- not needed by the target role handle delivery of furniture goods skill
- not needed by the target role handle fragile items skill
- not needed by the target role handle paperwork skill
- not needed by the target role maintain vehicle delivery documentation skill
- not needed by the target role monitor merchandise delivery skill
- not needed by the target role obey traffic rules skill
- not needed by the target role operate mailing information systems skill
- not needed by the target role organise mail deliveries skill
- not needed by the target role process payments skill
- not needed by the target role set payment handling strategies skill
- not needed by the target role solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools skill
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
- not needed by the target role use geographic information systems skill
5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held mechanical components of vehicles required
- required, not held passenger transport regulations required
- required, not held transport topography required
- optional, not held transportation methods optional
- optional, not held local geography optional
Other moves recorded from car and van delivery driver
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.