Table 1Transition record

mobility services managertotransport planner

A mobility services manager already meets 31% of what the transport planner role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.

From mobility services manager

31%

Overlap1

To transport planner

15 Skills carried over

18 Required, not held

72.9 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

31%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

72.9/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the transport planner role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the mobility services manager 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 transport planner role treats 8 of its required skills as things a mobility services manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

analyse transport business networks
analyse transportation costs
develop urban transport studies
environmental policy
prepare visual data
statistical analysis system software

What stands in the way is 18 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 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A transport planner role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a mobility services manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held carpooling services services
already held promote public transport communication, collaboration and creativity
already held analyse transport business networks information skills
already held study traffic flow information skills
already held manage car park operations information skills
already held mobility as a service services

All 15 carried skills, including the 8 the transport planner role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 34 missing skills fall into 9 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 information skills 10 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held analyse environmental data required
required, not held analyse road traffic patterns required
required, not held analyse test data required
required, not held analyse transport studies required
required, not held apply statistical analysis techniques required
required, not held conduct environmental surveys required
required, not held identify statistical patterns required
required, not held interpret visual literacy required
required, not held monitor traffic flow required
required, not held report analysis results required

optional, not held investigate road accidents optional

02 business, administration and law 3 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held environmental legislation required
required, not held public law required
required, not held urban planning law required

optional, not held air traffic management optional
optional, not held road traffic laws optional

03 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 2 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held geographical routes required
required, not held statistics required

optional, not held local geography optional

04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 5 supplementary

required, not held promote the use of sustainable transport required

optional, not held write leaflets optional
optional, not held educate public on road safety optional
optional, not held give live presentation optional
optional, not held prepare scientific reports optional
optional, not held use consulting techniques optional

05 assisting and caring 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held regulate traffic required

optional, not held restrict bridge traffic optional
optional, not held provide information on train routes optional

06 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held urban planning required

optional, not held rail infrastructure optional
optional, not held civil engineering optional

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a transport planner 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 15 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held analyse transport business networks skill
already held analyse transportation costs skill
already held develop urban transport studies skill
already held environmental policy knowledge
already held prepare visual data skill
already held statistical analysis system software knowledge
already held study traffic flow skill
already held traffic engineering knowledge
already held carpooling services knowledge
already held implement route planning in smart mobility services skill
already held manage car park operations skill
already held match vehicles with routes skill
already held mobility as a service knowledge
already held parking regulations knowledge
already held promote public transport skill

The 3 learning areas not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 constructing 1 supplementary

optional, not held run preventive simulations optional

08 management skills 1 supplementary

optional, not held design wayside signalling interlockings optional

09 working with computers 1 supplementary

optional, not held simulate transport problems optional

16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held restrict bridge traffic optional
optional, not held air traffic management optional
optional, not held design wayside signalling interlockings optional
optional, not held investigate road accidents optional
optional, not held provide information on train routes optional
optional, not held rail infrastructure optional
optional, not held write leaflets optional
optional, not held civil engineering optional
optional, not held educate public on road safety optional
optional, not held give live presentation optional
optional, not held local geography optional
optional, not held prepare scientific reports optional
optional, not held road traffic laws optional
optional, not held run preventive simulations optional
optional, not held simulate transport problems optional
optional, not held use consulting techniques optional

22 held skills the transport planner role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role analyse customer service surveys skill
not needed by the target role analyse travel alternatives skill
not needed by the target role bicycle sharing systems knowledge
not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
not needed by the target role carsharing knowledge
not needed by the target role design customer experiences skill
not needed by the target role develop business plans skill
not needed by the target role develop innovative mobility solutions skill
not needed by the target role develop mobility programmes skill
not needed by the target role develop strategies for accessibility skill
not needed by the target role ensure client orientation skill
not needed by the target role maintain privacy of service users skill
not needed by the target role maintain relationship with suppliers skill
not needed by the target role manage quantitative data skill
not needed by the target role manage relationships with stakeholders skill
not needed by the target role manage vehicle inventory skill
not needed by the target role micro mobility devices knowledge
not needed by the target role plan digital marketing skill
not needed by the target role project management knowledge
not needed by the target role reduce business mobility costs skill
not needed by the target role smart city features knowledge
not needed by the target role use fleet management system skill

11 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 environmental legislation required
required, not held geographical routes required
required, not held public law required
required, not held statistics required
required, not held urban planning required
required, not held urban planning law required
optional, not held air traffic management optional
optional, not held rail infrastructure optional
optional, not held civil engineering optional
optional, not held local geography optional
optional, not held road traffic laws optional

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.