cargo vehicle drivertohearse driver
A cargo vehicle driver already meets 25% of what the hearse driver role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
25%
64.6/ 100
1 Share of the hearse driver role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the cargo vehicle 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 hearse driver role treats 3 of its required skills as things a cargo vehicle driver already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- control the performance of the vehicle
- interpret traffic signals
- road traffic laws
What stands in the way is 6 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 4 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A hearse driver role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a cargo vehicle driver background worth leading with.
- already held transport topography services
- already held control the performance of the vehicle working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held interpret traffic signals assisting and caring
- already held road traffic laws business, administration and law
All 4 carried skills, including the 3 the hearse driver role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 17 missing skills fall into 6 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 drive vehicles in processions required
- required, not held drive vehicles required
- required, not held park vehicles required
- optional, not held ensure vehicle operability optional
- required, not held lift heavy weights required
- optional, not held clean vehicle interiors optional
- optional, not held manage funeral equipment optional
- optional, not held transfer coffins optional
- optional, not held clean rooms optional
- optional, not held execute vehicle maintenance optional
- required, not held maintain vehicle appearance required
- required, not held maintain personal hygiene standards required
- optional, not held provide directions to guests optional
- optional, not held provide emotional support to the bereaved optional
- optional, not held greet guests optional
- optional, not held work ergonomically optional
- optional, not held prepare ceremonial locations optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a hearse driver role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 drive vehicles in processions skill · sector specific
- 02 maintain vehicle appearance skill · sector specific
- 03 drive vehicles skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 4 skills that carry over
- already held control the performance of the vehicle skill
- already held interpret traffic signals skill
- already held road traffic laws knowledge
- already held transport topography knowledge
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held clean vehicle interiors optional
- optional, not held ensure vehicle operability optional
- optional, not held manage funeral equipment optional
- optional, not held prepare ceremonial locations optional
- optional, not held provide directions to guests optional
- optional, not held provide emotional support to the bereaved optional
- optional, not held transfer coffins optional
- optional, not held clean rooms optional
- optional, not held execute vehicle maintenance optional
- optional, not held greet guests optional
- optional, not held work ergonomically optional
15 held skills the hearse driver role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role anticipate foreseeable problems on the road skill
- not needed by the target role manoeuvre heavy trucks skill
- not needed by the target role mechanical components of vehicles knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate GPS systems skill
- not needed by the target role parallel park vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role practice emergency stops skill
- not needed by the target role read maps skill
- not needed by the target role road transport legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role stay alert skill
- not needed by the target role supervise loading of cargo skill
- not needed by the target role supervise unloading of cargo skill
- not needed by the target role types of cargo knowledge
- not needed by the target role use communication devices skill
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
- not needed by the target role vehicle cargo capacity knowledge
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.