hearse drivertoarmoured car driver
A hearse driver already meets 24% of what the armoured car driver role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.
24%
73.7/ 100
1 Share of the armoured car driver role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the hearse 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 armoured car driver role treats 6 of its required skills as things a hearse driver already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- control the performance of the vehicle
- drive vehicles
- interpret traffic signals
- lift heavy weights
- road traffic laws
- transport topography
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 · What you already bring
Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A armoured car driver role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a hearse 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 ensure vehicle operability working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held interpret traffic signals assisting and caring
- already held road traffic laws business, administration and law
- already held drive vehicles working with machinery and specialised equipment
All 7 carried skills, including the 6 the armoured car driver role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 30 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.
- required, not held ensure regulatory compliance concerning distribution activities required
- required, not held identify security threats required
- required, not held manage cash transportation required
- required, not held practice vigilance required
- required, not held provide secured transportation required
- optional, not held comply with the principles of self-defence optional
- optional, not held deal with aggressive behaviour optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with types of weapons optional
- optional, not held handle surveillance equipment optional
- optional, not held manage major incidents optional
- optional, not held manage theft prevention optional
- optional, not held provide first aid optional
- optional, not held react calmly in stressful situations optional
- required, not held adhere to transportation work schedule required
- required, not held stay alert required
- optional, not held liaise with security authorities optional
- required, not held handle delivered packages required
- required, not held load cargo required
- optional, not held unload cargo optional
- required, not held keep time accurately required
- optional, not held analyse road traffic patterns optional
- optional, not held read maps optional
- required, not held maintain vehicle delivery documentation required
- optional, not held coordinate transportation optional
- optional, not held prepare transportation routes optional
- required, not held use modern electronic navigational aids required
- optional, not held apply advanced driving techniques optional
- optional, not held operate radio equipment optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a armoured car driver role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 adhere to transportation work schedule skill · sector specific
- 02 maintain vehicle delivery documentation skill · sector specific
- 03 use modern electronic navigational aids 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 7 skills that carry over
- already held control the performance of the vehicle skill
- already held drive vehicles skill
- already held interpret traffic signals skill
- already held lift heavy weights skill
- already held road traffic laws knowledge
- already held transport topography knowledge
- already held ensure vehicle operability skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held security threats required
- required, not held operate GPS systems required
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held analyse road traffic patterns optional
- optional, not held apply advanced driving techniques optional
- optional, not held comply with the principles of self-defence optional
- optional, not held coordinate transportation optional
- optional, not held deal with aggressive behaviour optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with types of weapons optional
- optional, not held handle surveillance equipment optional
- optional, not held liaise with security authorities optional
- optional, not held manage major incidents optional
- optional, not held manage theft prevention optional
- optional, not held operate radio equipment optional
- optional, not held prepare transportation routes optional
- optional, not held provide first aid optional
- optional, not held react calmly in stressful situations optional
- optional, not held read maps optional
- optional, not held unload cargo optional
14 held skills the armoured car driver role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role clean rooms skill
- not needed by the target role clean vehicle interiors skill
- not needed by the target role drive vehicles in processions skill
- not needed by the target role execute vehicle maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role greet guests skill
- not needed by the target role maintain personal hygiene standards skill
- not needed by the target role maintain vehicle appearance skill
- not needed by the target role manage funeral equipment skill
- not needed by the target role park vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role prepare ceremonial locations skill
- not needed by the target role provide directions to guests skill
- not needed by the target role provide emotional support to the bereaved skill
- not needed by the target role transfer coffins skill
- not needed by the target role work ergonomically 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.
- required, not held security threats required
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.