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Where an emergency ambulance driver can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an emergency ambulance driver already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Emergency ambulance drivers use emergency vehicles to respond to medical emergencies and support the work of paramedics, move patients safely, take note of changes in the patient's vital signs and report to the paramedics in charge, ensuring the medical equipment is well stored, transported and functional, under supervision and on order of a doctor of medicine.

Also known as assistant in emergency care, ambulance emergency medical technician, ECA, technician in emergency medical care, medical emergency assistant, ambulance technician, emergency medical vehicle assistant, ambulance emergency care assistant.

Technicians and associate professionals 47 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: hospital porter, 42%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
hospital porter 42% covered emergency medical dispatcher 39% covered patient transport services dr… 37% covered paramedic in emergency respon… 35% covered respiratory therapy technician 29% covered emergency ambulance driver You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from emergency ambulance driver, 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 an emergency ambulance driver already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

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

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An emergency ambulance 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.

Required skill Area
  • assist ambulance paramedics communication, collaboration and creativity
  • drive ambulance under emergency conditions working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • ensure ambulance roadworthiness information skills
  • maintain emergency vehicle equipment constructing
  • monitor patients during transfer to hospital information skills
  • special equipment in emergency health and welfare
  • work in multidisciplinary teams related to emergency care communication, collaboration and creativity
  • write reports on emergency cases communication, collaboration and creativity
  • medical dispatch health and welfare
  • position patients undergoing interventions assisting and caring
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an emergency ambulance driver does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Emergency ambulance driver is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. 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 an emergency ambulance 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.