Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

moving truck drivertobicycle courier

A moving truck driver already meets 29% of what the bicycle courier role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From moving truck driver
29%
Overlap1
To bicycle courier
6 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
64.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

29%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

64.2/ 100

1 Share of the bicycle courier role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the moving truck 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

Why this move works

A bicycle courier role treats 3 of its required skills as things a moving truck driver already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • communicate with customers
  • interpret traffic signals
  • road traffic laws

What stands in the way is 7 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A bicycle courier role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a moving truck driver background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held handle delivery of furniture goods 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 operate GPS systems working with computers
  • already held road traffic laws business, administration and law
  • already held communicate with customers communication, collaboration and creativity

All 6 carried skills, including the 3 the bicycle courier role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 16 missing skills fall into 7 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 handling and moving 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held differentiate types of packages required
  • required, not held ensure the integrity of mail required
  • optional, not held handle delivered packages optional
02 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held obey traffic rules required
  • optional, not held handle fragile items optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held act reliably required
  • optional, not held follow written instructions optional
04 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse travel alternatives required
  • optional, not held operate mailing information systems optional
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held drive two-wheeled vehicles required
  • optional, not held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools optional
06 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held geographic areas required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a bicycle courier role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 6 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held communicate with customers skill
  • already held interpret traffic signals skill
  • already held road traffic laws knowledge
  • already held drive in urban areas skill
  • already held handle delivery of furniture goods skill
  • already held operate GPS systems skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 management skills 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held handle mail optional
  • optional, not held organise mail deliveries optional
  • optional, not held check deliveries on receipt optional
  • optional, not held process payments optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held handle fragile items optional
  • optional, not held handle mail optional
  • optional, not held operate mailing information systems optional
  • optional, not held organise mail deliveries optional
  • optional, not held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools optional
  • optional, not held check deliveries on receipt optional
  • optional, not held follow written instructions optional
  • optional, not held handle delivered packages optional
  • optional, not held process payments optional
33 held skills the bicycle courier role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse requirements for moving goods skill
  • not needed by the target role animal transport regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role animal transportation vehicles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply techniques for stacking goods into containers skill
  • not needed by the target role assemble goods skill
  • not needed by the target role carry objects skill
  • not needed by the target role determine cargo loading sequence skill
  • not needed by the target role electricity knowledge
  • 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 follow work procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role hazards associated with loading dangerous goods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role health and safety measures in transportation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role load animals for transportation skill
  • not needed by the target role load bulk trucks skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain inventory of tools 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 mechanics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role organise weight of loads according to lifting equipment capacity skill
  • not needed by the target role pack goods skill
  • not needed by the target role perform cleaning duties skill
  • not needed by the target role perform defensive driving skill
  • not needed by the target role read maps skill
  • not needed by the target role read pictograms skill
  • not needed by the target role road transport legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role stack goods skill
  • not needed by the target role store warehouse goods skill
  • not needed by the target role use communication equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role use equipment for safe stowage skill
  • not needed by the target role use packaging equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role use traditional toolbox tools skill
  • not needed by the target role vehicle cargo capacity knowledge
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held geographic areas required
Index

Other moves recorded from moving truck driver

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Note

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.