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Where a bus route supervisor can go next

3 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a bus route supervisor already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Bus route supervisors coordinate vehicle movements, routes and drivers, and may supervise loading, unloading, and checking of baggage or express shipped by bus.

Also known as bus dispatcher, bus service manager, bus route manager, transit supervisor, coach route supervisor, coach route manager, supervisor of bus routes.

Clerical support workers 26 skills on file 3 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: freight transport dispatcher, 28%

Fig. 2 · Career map 3 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 3 nearest destinations from bus route supervisor, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a bus route supervisor already covers. All 3 are listed in the tables below.

Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only 3 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A bus route supervisor needs 19 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area

manage assignment of bus routes management skills
monitor condition of local roads management skills
schedule and dispatch drivers management skills
comply with policies for trolley bus driving working with machinery and specialised equipment
investigate road accidents information skills
monitor drivers management skills
national road network services
match vehicles with routes management skills
supervise movement of passengers management skills
geographical routes natural sciences, mathematics and statistics

Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a bus route supervisor does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Bus route supervisor is filed under Clerical support workers, ISCO major group 4. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a bus route supervisor’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.