hearse drivertocargo vehicle driver
A hearse driver already meets 22% of what the cargo vehicle driver role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.
22%
72.7/ 100
1 Share of the cargo vehicle 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 cargo vehicle driver role treats 4 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
- interpret traffic signals
- 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 4 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A cargo vehicle 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 interpret traffic signals assisting and caring
- already held road traffic laws business, administration and law
All 4 carried skills, including the 4 the cargo vehicle driver role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 15 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 anticipate foreseeable problems on the road required
- required, not held parallel park vehicles required
- required, not held practice emergency stops required
- required, not held use communication devices required
- optional, not held manoeuvre heavy trucks optional
- required, not held stay alert required
- required, not held use different communication channels required
- required, not held supervise loading of cargo required
- required, not held supervise unloading of cargo required
- required, not held types of cargo required
- required, not held vehicle cargo capacity required
- required, not held road transport legislation required
- required, not held mechanical components of vehicles required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a cargo vehicle driver role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 anticipate foreseeable problems on the road skill · sector specific
- 02 mechanical components of vehicles knowledge · sector specific
- 03 parallel park vehicles 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 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
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held read maps required
- required, not held operate GPS systems required
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held manoeuvre heavy trucks optional
17 held skills the cargo vehicle 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 skill
- not needed by the target role drive vehicles in processions skill
- not needed by the target role ensure vehicle operability 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 lift heavy weights 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
4 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 road transport legislation required
- required, not held types of cargo required
- required, not held vehicle cargo capacity 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.