dangerous goods drivertobus driver
A dangerous goods driver already meets 26% of what the bus driver role asks for. The move turns on 24 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 77.5 of 100 · career change
1 Share of the bus driver role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the dangerous goods 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 9 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 dangerous goods 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 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
- already held stay alert communication, collaboration and creativity
All 9 carried skills, including the 9 the bus driver role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 27 missing skills fall into 8 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 manoeuvre bus required
- required, not held use communication devices required
- required, not held ensure vehicles are equipped with accessibility equipment required
- required, not held keep time accurately required
- required, not held read maps 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
2 further areas 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 9 skills that carry over
- already held control the performance of the vehicle skill
- already held health and safety measures in transportation knowledge
- already held interpret traffic signals skill
- already held mechanical components of vehicles knowledge
- already held operate GPS systems skill
- already held perform defensive driving skill
- already held stay alert skill
- already held transport topography knowledge
- already held use different communication channels skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held road traffic laws required
- required, not held passenger transport regulations 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
13 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 check dangerous goods transport unit skill
- not needed by the target role hazards associated with loading dangerous goods knowledge
- not needed by the target role international carriage of dangerous goods by road knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain gas mileage records skill
- not needed by the target role maintain logbooks skill
- not needed by the target role manoeuvre heavy trucks skill
- not needed by the target role operate emergency equipment 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 revise certifications for dangerous good transportation skill
- not needed by the target role transport dangerous goods skill
- 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 road traffic laws 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.