moving truck drivertobus driver
A moving truck driver already meets 30% of what the bus driver role asks for. The move turns on 23 required skills not yet in the profile.
30%
74.4/ 100
1 Share of the bus driver role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the moving truck 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 moving truck driver already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- communicate with customers
- drive in urban areas
- ensure vehicle operability
- health and safety measures in transportation
- interpret traffic signals
- mechanical components of vehicles
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 11 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 moving truck driver background worth leading with.
- already held execute vehicle maintenance handling and moving
- already held perform defensive driving working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held ensure vehicle operability working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held drive in urban areas working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held mechanical components of vehicles engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held interpret traffic signals assisting and caring
All 11 carried skills, including the 10 the bus driver role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 25 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 adhere to transportation work schedule required
- required, not held communicate clearly with passengers required
- required, not held apply conflict management required
- required, not held perform services in a flexible manner required
- required, not held stay alert required
- required, not held use different communication channels required
- optional, not held promote the use of sustainable transport optional
- 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 control the performance of the vehicle required
- required, not held manoeuvre bus required
- required, not held use communication devices required
- 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 clean road vehicles required
- required, not held lift heavy weights required
- 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 11 skills that carry over
- already held communicate with customers skill
- already held drive in urban areas skill
- already held ensure vehicle operability 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 read maps skill
- already held road traffic laws knowledge
- already held execute vehicle maintenance skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- required, not held passenger transport regulations required
- required, not held transport topography required
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held promote the use of sustainable transport optional
- optional, not held handle petty cash optional
28 held skills the bus driver role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse requirements for moving goods skill
- not needed by the target role animal transport regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role animal transportation vehicles knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply techniques for stacking goods into containers skill
- not needed by the target role assemble goods skill
- not needed by the target role carry objects skill
- not needed by the target role determine cargo loading sequence skill
- not needed by the target role electricity knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow work procedures skill
- not needed by the target role handle delivery of furniture goods skill
- not needed by the target role hazards associated with loading dangerous goods knowledge
- not needed by the target role load animals for transportation skill
- not needed by the target role load bulk trucks skill
- not needed by the target role maintain inventory of tools skill
- not needed by the target role manoeuvre heavy trucks skill
- not needed by the target role mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role organise weight of loads according to lifting equipment capacity skill
- not needed by the target role pack goods skill
- not needed by the target role perform cleaning duties skill
- not needed by the target role read pictograms skill
- not needed by the target role road transport legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role stack goods skill
- not needed by the target role store warehouse goods skill
- not needed by the target role use communication equipment skill
- not needed by the target role use equipment for safe stowage skill
- not needed by the target role use packaging equipment skill
- not needed by the target role use traditional toolbox tools 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 transport topography required
Other moves recorded from moving truck driver
- mover 69% covered · moderate
- move coordinator 46% covered · moderate
- cargo vehicle driver 40% covered · substantial
- dangerous goods driver 39% covered · substantial
- private chauffeur 34% covered · substantial
- trolley bus driver 30% covered · substantial
- bicycle courier 28% covered · substantial
- car and van delivery driver 27% covered · substantial
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.