trolley bus drivertoprivate chauffeur
A trolley bus driver already meets 56% of what the private chauffeur role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
56%
50.6/ 100
1 Share of the private chauffeur role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the trolley bus 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 private chauffeur role treats 15 of its required skills as things a trolley bus driver already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- assist passengers
- communicate with customers
- drive in urban areas
- ensure vehicle operability
- focus on passengers
- health and safety measures in transportation
What stands in the way is 10 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 21 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A private chauffeur role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a trolley bus driver background worth leading with.
- already held tolerate sitting for long periods management skills
- already held focus on passengers assisting and caring
- already held transport topography services
- already held assist disable passengers assisting and caring
- already held execute vehicle maintenance handling and moving
- already held perform defensive driving working with machinery and specialised equipment
All 21 carried skills, including the 15 the private chauffeur role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 20 missing skills fall into 10 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 control the performance of the vehicle required
- required, not held provide private transport services required
- required, not held drive vehicles required
- required, not held park vehicles required
- optional, not held drive automatic car optional
- optional, not held operate radio equipment optional
- required, not held follow verbal instructions required
- required, not held work in shifts required
- optional, not held demonstrate professional attitude to clients optional
- required, not held geographic areas required
- optional, not held local geography optional
- required, not held maintain vehicle appearance required
- required, not held mechanical components of vehicles required
- required, not held maintain personal hygiene standards required
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a private chauffeur role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 control the performance of the vehicle skill · sector specific
- 02 maintain vehicle appearance skill · sector specific
- 03 mechanical components of vehicles knowledge · 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 21 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 focus on passengers skill
- already held health and safety measures in transportation knowledge
- already held interpret traffic signals skill
- already held lift heavy weights skill
- already held operate GPS systems skill
- already held passenger transport regulations knowledge
- already held perform defensive driving skill
- already held read maps skill
- already held road traffic laws knowledge
- already held tolerate sitting for long periods skill
- already held transport topography knowledge
- already held assist disable passengers skill
- already held execute vehicle maintenance skill
- already held perform services in a flexible manner skill
- already held provide first aid skill
- already held stay alert skill
- already held tolerate stress skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held clean vehicle interiors optional
- optional, not held wash vehicles optional
- optional, not held handle delivered packages optional
- optional, not held make reservations optional
- optional, not held analyse travel alternatives optional
- optional, not held transportation methods optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held analyse travel alternatives optional
- optional, not held clean vehicle interiors optional
- optional, not held transportation methods optional
- optional, not held wash vehicles optional
- optional, not held demonstrate professional attitude to clients optional
- optional, not held drive automatic car optional
- optional, not held handle delivered packages optional
- optional, not held local geography optional
- optional, not held make reservations optional
- optional, not held operate radio equipment optional
14 held skills the private chauffeur role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adhere to transportation work schedule skill
- not needed by the target role apply conflict management skill
- not needed by the target role clean road vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role communicate clearly with passengers skill
- not needed by the target role comply with policies for trolley bus driving skill
- not needed by the target role electrical operation of trolley buses knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure vehicles are equipped with accessibility equipment skill
- not needed by the target role handle petty cash skill
- not needed by the target role help to control passenger behaviour during emergency situations skill
- not needed by the target role keep time accurately skill
- not needed by the target role mechanics of trolley buses knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide information to passengers skill
- not needed by the target role use communication equipment skill
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
4 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
- optional, not held transportation methods optional
- optional, not held local geography optional
Other moves recorded from trolley bus driver
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.