carriage drivertotaxi driver
A carriage driver already meets 25% of what the taxi driver role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 72.8 of 100 · substantial
1 Share of the taxi driver role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the carriage 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.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A taxi driver role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a carriage driver background worth leading with.
- already held tolerate sitting for long periods management skills
- already held ensure vehicle operability working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held assist passengers assisting and caring
- already held provide customers with price information communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held drive in urban areas working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held communicate with customers communication, collaboration and creativity
All 6 carried skills, including the 6 the taxi driver role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 22 missing skills fall into 11 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 operate radio dispatch systems for taxis required
- required, not held park vehicles required
- required, not held use communication devices required
- optional, not held provide high-end driving services optional
- optional, not held provide private transport services optional
- optional, not held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools optional
- required, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour required
- required, not held follow verbal instructions required
- required, not held use different communication channels required
- optional, not held adapt to changing situations optional
- optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
- required, not held organise vehicle breakdown support required
- required, not held tolerate stress required
- required, not held handle petty cash required
- required, not held maintain vehicle appearance required
- required, not held mechanical components of vehicles required
- required, not held lift heavy weights required
5 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a taxi driver role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 maintain vehicle appearance skill · sector specific
- 02 mechanical components of vehicles knowledge · sector specific
- 03 organise vehicle breakdown support 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 assist passengers skill
- already held communicate with customers skill
- already held drive in urban areas skill
- already held ensure vehicle operability skill
- already held provide customers with price information skill
- already held tolerate sitting for long periods skill
The 5 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held read maps required
- required, not held geographic areas required
- required, not held transport topography required
- required, not held operate GPS systems required
- optional, not held maintain privacy of service users optional
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held provide high-end driving services optional
- optional, not held provide private transport services optional
- optional, not held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools optional
- optional, not held adapt to changing situations optional
- optional, not held maintain privacy of service users optional
- optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
14 held skills the taxi driver role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role animal behaviour knowledge
- not needed by the target role assist disable passengers skill
- not needed by the target role clean horse's legs skill
- not needed by the target role drive carriage skill
- not needed by the target role ensure passenger comfort skill
- not needed by the target role focus on passengers skill
- not needed by the target role groom animals skill
- not needed by the target role harness horses to carriage skill
- not needed by the target role obey traffic rules skill
- not needed by the target role process payments skill
- not needed by the target role provide care for horses skill
- not needed by the target role road traffic laws knowledge
- not needed by the target role train horses skill
- not needed by the target role transport horses skill
3 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 geographic areas required
- required, not held transport topography 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.