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A move manager already meets 21% of what the mover role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
21%
74/ 100
1 Share of the mover role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the move manager 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 mover role treats 3 of its required skills as things a move manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- communicate with customers
- hazards associated with loading dangerous goods
- use communication devices
What stands in the way is 10 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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mover role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a move manager background worth leading with.
- already held analyse requirements for moving goods handling and moving
- already held hazards associated with loading dangerous goods services
- already held animal transport regulations business, administration and law
- already held use communication devices working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held health and safety measures in transportation services
- already held communicate with customers communication, collaboration and creativity
All 6 carried skills, including the 3 the mover role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 26 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 carry objects required
- required, not held handle delivery of furniture goods required
- required, not held select equipment required for moving activities required
- required, not held pack goods required
- required, not held stack goods required
- required, not held use traditional toolbox tools required
- optional, not held apply techniques for stacking goods into containers optional
- optional, not held determine cargo loading sequence optional
- optional, not held assemble machines optional
- optional, not held clean furniture optional
- optional, not held clean surfaces optional
- optional, not held load animals for transportation optional
- optional, not held perform cleaning duties optional
- required, not held read pictograms required
- required, not held maintain inventory of tools required
- required, not held follow detailed procedures for relocating specific goods required
- optional, not held implement efficiency plans for logistics operations optional
- required, not held follow work procedures required
- optional, not held disassemble machines optional
- optional, not held organise weight of loads according to lifting equipment capacity optional
- optional, not held shunt inbound loads optional
- optional, not held operate cranes optional
- optional, not held operate forklift optional
- optional, not held electricity optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
- optional, not held types of packaging materials optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a mover role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 carry objects skill · sector specific
- 02 follow detailed procedures for relocating specific goods skill · sector specific
- 03 handle delivery of furniture goods 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 6 skills that carry over
- already held communicate with customers skill
- already held hazards associated with loading dangerous goods knowledge
- already held use communication devices skill
- already held analyse requirements for moving goods skill
- already held animal transport regulations knowledge
- already held health and safety measures in transportation knowledge
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held apply techniques for stacking goods into containers optional
- optional, not held determine cargo loading sequence optional
- optional, not held disassemble machines optional
- optional, not held organise weight of loads according to lifting equipment capacity optional
- optional, not held shunt inbound loads optional
- optional, not held assemble machines optional
- optional, not held clean furniture optional
- optional, not held clean surfaces optional
- optional, not held electricity optional
- optional, not held implement efficiency plans for logistics operations optional
- optional, not held load animals for transportation optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
- optional, not held operate cranes optional
- optional, not held operate forklift optional
- optional, not held perform cleaning duties optional
- optional, not held types of packaging materials optional
29 held skills the mover role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise clients on moving services skill
- not needed by the target role animal transportation vehicles knowledge
- not needed by the target role budget for financial needs skill
- not needed by the target role consider constraints in maritime shipping skill
- not needed by the target role continuous improvement philosophies knowledge
- not needed by the target role cost management knowledge
- not needed by the target role create a work atmosphere of continuous improvement skill
- not needed by the target role ensure that shipment contents correspond with shipping documentation skill
- not needed by the target role financial capability knowledge
- not needed by the target role give instructions to staff skill
- not needed by the target role handle shipment paperwork skill
- not needed by the target role leasing process knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with transportation companies skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with transportation services skill
- not needed by the target role maintain financial records skill
- not needed by the target role make time-critical decisions skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role manage inventory skill
- not needed by the target role manage logistics skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role manage the transportation of animals skill
- not needed by the target role obtain permits for use of public spaces skill
- not needed by the target role perform project management skill
- not needed by the target role prepare resources for loading activities skill
- not needed by the target role prepare shipments in time skill
- not needed by the target role project management knowledge
- 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 transportation methods knowledge
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held electricity optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
- optional, not held types of packaging materials optional
Other moves recorded from move manager
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.