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

emergency medical dispatchertoemergency ambulance driver

A emergency medical dispatcher already meets 25% of what the emergency ambulance driver role asks for. The move turns on 24 required skills not yet in the profile.

From emergency medical dispatcher
25%
Overlap1
To emergency ambulance driver
10 Skills carried over
24 Required, not held
81 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

25%

Learning distance A rebuild

81/ 100

1 Share of the emergency ambulance driver role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the emergency medical dispatcher 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 emergency ambulance driver role treats 9 of its required skills as things a emergency medical dispatcher already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • adhere to organisational guidelines
  • comply with legislation related to health care
  • comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
  • health care legislation
  • listen actively
  • medical dispatch

What stands in the way is 24 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A emergency ambulance driver role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a emergency medical dispatcher background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held work in multidisciplinary teams related to emergency care communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held medical dispatch health and welfare
  • already held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held operate an emergency communication system working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held health care legislation business, administration and law
  • already held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice assisting and caring

All 10 carried skills, including the 9 the emergency ambulance driver role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 37 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 health and welfare 8 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held special equipment in emergency required
  • required, not held emergency cases required
  • required, not held first aid required
  • required, not held human anatomy required
  • required, not held infection control required
  • required, not held operational tactics for emergency responses required
  • required, not held pathogenic microorganisms required
  • required, not held resuscitation required
  • optional, not held disability care optional
  • optional, not held sanitary technology optional
  • optional, not held childbirth optional
02 assisting and caring 5 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held transfer patients to and from ambulance vehicles required
  • required, not held position patients undergoing interventions required
  • required, not held transfer patients required
  • required, not held empathise with the healthcare user required
  • required, not held provide first aid required
  • optional, not held handle patient trauma optional
  • optional, not held maintain order at scenes of accidents optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required
  • required, not held assist ambulance paramedics required
  • required, not held write reports on emergency cases required
  • required, not held communicate in healthcare required
  • required, not held follow verbal instructions required
04 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held ensure ambulance roadworthiness required
  • required, not held monitor patients during transfer to hospital required
  • optional, not held assess nature of injury in emergency optional
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held drive ambulance under emergency conditions required
  • optional, not held drive helicopter under emergency conditions optional
  • optional, not held pilot boat for medical emergency services optional
  • optional, not held operate specialised equipment in emergency optional
06 handling and moving 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held clean vehicle interiors required
  • optional, not held decontaminate ambulance interior optional

5 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a emergency ambulance driver 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 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
  • already held comply with legislation related to health care skill
  • already held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
  • already held health care legislation knowledge
  • already held listen actively skill
  • already held medical dispatch knowledge
  • already held operate an emergency communication system skill
  • already held tolerate stress skill
  • already held work in multidisciplinary teams related to emergency care skill
  • already held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers skill
The 5 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 arts and humanities 1 required
  • required, not held health care occupation-specific ethics required
08 constructing 1 required
  • required, not held maintain emergency vehicle equipment required
09 services 1 required
  • required, not held hygiene in a health care setting required
10 management skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held apply organisational techniques optional
  • optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
11 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held pharmacology optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held drive helicopter under emergency conditions optional
  • optional, not held pilot boat for medical emergency services optional
  • optional, not held decontaminate ambulance interior optional
  • optional, not held disability care optional
  • optional, not held handle patient trauma optional
  • optional, not held operate specialised equipment in emergency optional
  • optional, not held sanitary technology optional
  • optional, not held apply organisational techniques optional
  • optional, not held assess nature of injury in emergency optional
  • optional, not held childbirth optional
  • optional, not held maintain order at scenes of accidents optional
  • optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
  • optional, not held pharmacology optional
18 held skills the emergency ambulance driver role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role answer emergency calls skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate verbal instructions skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate with other emergency services skill
  • not needed by the target role customer service knowledge
  • not needed by the target role dispatch ambulance skill
  • not needed by the target role health care system knowledge
  • not needed by the target role local geography knowledge
  • not needed by the target role log emergency call information electronically skill
  • not needed by the target role manage dispatch software systems skill
  • not needed by the target role manage multiple patients simultaneously skill
  • not needed by the target role medical terminology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role observe confidentiality skill
  • not needed by the target role personnel planning in emergency response skill
  • not needed by the target role prioritise emergencies skill
  • not needed by the target role professional documentation in health care knowledge
  • not needed by the target role provide advice to emergency callers skill
  • not needed by the target role show intercultural awareness skill
  • not needed by the target role support distressed emergency callers skill
14 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 special equipment in emergency required
  • required, not held emergency cases required
  • required, not held first aid required
  • required, not held health care occupation-specific ethics required
  • required, not held human anatomy required
  • required, not held hygiene in a health care setting required
  • required, not held infection control required
  • required, not held operational tactics for emergency responses required
  • required, not held pathogenic microorganisms required
  • required, not held resuscitation required
  • optional, not held disability care optional
  • optional, not held sanitary technology optional
  • optional, not held childbirth optional
  • optional, not held pharmacology optional
Index

Other moves recorded from emergency medical dispatcher

Full index of moves from emergency medical dispatcher

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.