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Where an occupational driving instructor can go next

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

Occupational driving instructors teach occupational drivers how to operate their vehicles according to driving regulations. They teach their students theory and techniques on how to optimally drive and maintain their specific vehicle, observe and evaluate the students' practice. They also focus on non-driving related subjects such as customer service (in case of person transportation drivers) and safety measure regulations.

Also known as LGV driving instructor, specialist driving instructor, passenger carrying vehicle instructor, PCV driving instructor, instructor in occupational driving, HGV driving instructor, occupational driving instruction practitioner, heavy equipment operator instructor, occupational driving teacher.

Professionals 43 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: bus driving instructor, 67%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
bus driving instructor 67% covered motorcycle instructor 66% covered truck driving instructor 62% covered car driving instructor 61% covered driving instructor 58% covered occupational driving inst… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from occupational driving instructor, 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 occupational driving instructor already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An occupational driving instructor needs 20 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
  • teach driving practices communication, collaboration and creativity
  • park vehicles working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • control the performance of the vehicle working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • perform defensive driving working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • ensure vehicle operability working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • mechanical components of vehicles engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • interpret traffic signals assisting and caring
  • geographic areas natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • adapt training to labour market information skills
  • health and safety measures in transportation services
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an occupational driving instructor does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Occupational driving instructor is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. 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 occupational driving instructor’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.