Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a hearse driver can go next

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

Hearse drivers operate and maintain specialised vehicles to transport deceased persons from their homes, hospital or funeral home to their final resting place. They also assist the funeral attendants with their duties.

Also known as chauffeur, funeral car driver, driver, funeral driver.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 21 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: funeral attendant, 66%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
funeral attendant 66% covered private chauffeur 35% covered parking valet 32% covered armoured car driver 25% covered cargo vehicle driver 22% covered hearse driver You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from hearse 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 a hearse driver 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 hearse driver needs 9 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • drive vehicles in processions working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • maintain vehicle appearance constructing
  • park vehicles working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • control the performance of the vehicle working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • maintain personal hygiene standards management skills
  • interpret traffic signals assisting and caring
  • road traffic laws business, administration and law
  • drive vehicles working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • lift heavy weights handling and moving
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Hearse driver is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. 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 hearse 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.