Where a bus driver can go next
12 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a bus driver already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Bus drivers operate buses or coaches, take fares, and look after passengers.
Also known as private coach driver, bus operator, public bus operator, coach driver, bus driving operator, driver of bus, passenger driver, private bus operator, public bus driver, touristic bus driver, transit bus driver, schoolbus driver.
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 36 skills on file 12 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: tram driver, 72%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- tram driver 72% covered · difficulty 39.1
- private chauffeur 61% covered · difficulty 45
- taxi driver 60% covered · difficulty 43.8
- cargo vehicle driver 55% covered · difficulty 46.7
- school bus attendant 46% covered · difficulty 45.4
- carriage driver 45% covered · difficulty 52.8
- hearse driver 38% covered · difficulty 54.6
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
A bus driver needs 33 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- clean road vehicles handling and moving
- manoeuvre bus working with machinery and specialised equipment
- organise vehicle breakdown support management skills
- keep time accurately information skills
- tolerate sitting for long periods management skills
- adhere to transportation work schedule communication, collaboration and creativity
- focus on passengers assisting and caring
- communicate clearly with passengers communication, collaboration and creativity
- transport topography services
- assist disable passengers assisting and caring
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a bus driver does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- tram driver 81% covered · difficulty 25.8
- private chauffeur 63% covered · difficulty 46.5
- taxi driver 42% covered · difficulty 65.2
- armoured car driver 35% covered · difficulty 70.9
- moving truck driver 30% covered · difficulty 74.4
- passenger fare controller 30% covered · difficulty 74
- cargo vehicle driver 29% covered · difficulty 75.5
- dangerous goods driver 26% covered · difficulty 77.5
- school bus attendant 26% covered · difficulty 77.3
- carriage driver 24% covered · difficulty 79.3
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Bus driver is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a bus driver’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.