moving truck drivertodangerous goods driver
A moving truck driver already meets 39% of what the dangerous goods driver role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
39%
60.5/ 100
1 Share of the dangerous goods driver 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 this move works
A dangerous goods driver role treats 8 of its required skills as things a moving truck driver already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- hazards associated with loading dangerous goods
- health and safety measures in transportation
- interpret traffic signals
- manoeuvre heavy trucks
- mechanical components of vehicles
- operate GPS systems
What stands in the way is 12 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A dangerous goods driver 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.
- already held hazards associated with loading dangerous goods services
- already held vehicle cargo capacity services
- already held manoeuvre heavy trucks working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held perform defensive driving working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held mechanical components of vehicles engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held interpret traffic signals assisting and caring
All 8 carried skills, including the 8 the dangerous goods driver role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 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 anticipate foreseeable problems on the road required
- required, not held control the performance of the vehicle required
- required, not held parallel park vehicles required
- required, not held practice emergency stops required
- required, not held maintain logbooks required
- required, not held check dangerous goods transport unit required
- optional, not held maintain gas mileage records optional
- required, not held stay alert required
- required, not held use different communication channels required
- required, not held operate emergency equipment required
- required, not held transport dangerous goods required
- required, not held transport topography required
- optional, not held international carriage of dangerous goods by road optional
- required, not held revise certifications for dangerous good transportation required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a dangerous goods 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 control the performance of the vehicle skill · sector specific
- 03 maintain logbooks 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 8 skills that carry over
- already held hazards associated with loading dangerous goods knowledge
- already held health and safety measures in transportation knowledge
- already held interpret traffic signals skill
- already held manoeuvre heavy trucks skill
- already held mechanical components of vehicles knowledge
- already held operate GPS systems skill
- already held perform defensive driving skill
- already held vehicle cargo capacity knowledge
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held maintain gas mileage records optional
- optional, not held international carriage of dangerous goods by road optional
31 held skills the dangerous goods driver role does not ask for
- 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 communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role determine cargo loading sequence skill
- not needed by the target role drive in urban areas 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 handle delivery of furniture goods skill
- 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 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 read maps skill
- not needed by the target role read pictograms skill
- not needed by the target role road traffic laws knowledge
- 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
2 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 transport topography required
- optional, not held international carriage of dangerous goods by road optional
Other moves recorded from moving truck driver
- mover 69% covered · moderate
- move coordinator 46% covered · moderate
- cargo vehicle driver 40% covered · substantial
- private chauffeur 34% covered · substantial
- bus driver 30% covered · substantial
- trolley bus driver 30% covered · substantial
- bicycle courier 28% covered · substantial
- car and van delivery driver 27% covered · substantial
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.