cargo vehicle drivertobus driver
A cargo vehicle driver already meets 29% of what the bus driver role asks for. The move turns on 23 required skills not yet in the profile.
29%
75.5/ 100
1 Share of the bus driver role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the cargo vehicle 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 bus driver role treats 10 of its required skills as things a cargo vehicle driver already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- control the performance of the vehicle
- interpret traffic signals
- mechanical components of vehicles
- operate GPS systems
- read maps
- road traffic laws
What stands in the way is 23 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A bus driver role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a cargo vehicle 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 mechanical components of vehicles engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held use communication devices working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held interpret traffic signals assisting and caring
- already held stay alert communication, collaboration and creativity
All 10 carried skills, including the 10 the bus driver role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 26 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.
- required, not held assist disable passengers required
- required, not held assist passengers required
- required, not held focus on passengers required
- required, not held help to control passenger behaviour during emergency situations required
- required, not held provide information to passengers required
- required, not held provide first aid required
- required, not held adhere to transportation work schedule required
- required, not held communicate clearly with passengers required
- required, not held apply conflict management required
- required, not held communicate with customers required
- required, not held perform services in a flexible manner required
- optional, not held promote the use of sustainable transport optional
- required, not held drive in urban areas required
- required, not held ensure vehicle operability required
- required, not held perform defensive driving required
- required, not held manoeuvre bus required
- required, not held clean road vehicles required
- required, not held lift heavy weights required
- optional, not held execute vehicle maintenance optional
- required, not held organise vehicle breakdown support required
- required, not held tolerate sitting for long periods required
- optional, not held handle petty cash optional
- required, not held ensure vehicles are equipped with accessibility equipment required
- required, not held keep time accurately required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a bus 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 assist disable passengers skill · sector specific
- 03 assist passengers 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 10 skills that carry over
- already held control the performance of the vehicle skill
- already held interpret traffic signals skill
- already held mechanical components of vehicles knowledge
- already held operate GPS systems skill
- already held read maps skill
- already held road traffic laws knowledge
- already held stay alert skill
- already held transport topography knowledge
- already held use communication devices skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- required, not held passenger transport regulations required
- required, not held health and safety measures in transportation required
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held promote the use of sustainable transport optional
- optional, not held execute vehicle maintenance optional
- optional, not held handle petty cash optional
9 held skills the bus driver role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role anticipate foreseeable problems on the road skill
- not needed by the target role manoeuvre heavy trucks skill
- not needed by the target role parallel park vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role practice emergency stops skill
- not needed by the target role road transport legislation 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 types of cargo knowledge
- not needed by the target role vehicle cargo capacity knowledge
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 passenger transport regulations required
- required, not held health and safety measures in transportation 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.