Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a crossing guard can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a crossing guard already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Crossing guards direct pedestrians in public places like streets nearby schools or railways to cross public roads and intersections by observing traffic and holding a stop sign towards the vehicles to allow the crossing of pedestrians in a safe and orderly manner.

Also known as school crossing patrol officer, school crossing guard.

Service and sales workers 25 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: civil enforcement officer, 51%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
civil enforcement officer 51% covered street warden 28% covered fire service vehicle operator 19% covered gate guard 19% covered life guard 19% covered crossing guard You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from crossing guard, 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 crossing guard already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A crossing guard needs 10 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • escort pedestrians across streets assisting and caring
  • use signalling equipment communication, collaboration and creativity
  • traffic signs services
  • monitor traffic flow information skills
  • regulate traffic assisting and caring
  • local geography natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • react calmly in stressful situations assisting and caring
  • interpret traffic signals assisting and caring
  • stay alert communication, collaboration and creativity
  • road traffic laws business, administration and law
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Crossing guard is filed under Service and sales workers, ISCO major group 5. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a crossing guard’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.