Where a taxi driver can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a taxi driver already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Taxi drivers operate a licensed private passenger transportation vehicle, looking after customers, taking fares and managing vehicle servicing.
Also known as private driver, chauffeur, driver of taxi, private hire driver, minicab driver, cab driver.
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 28 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: private chauffeur, 51%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
A taxi driver needs 22 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- operate radio dispatch systems for taxis working with machinery and specialised equipment
- organise vehicle breakdown support management skills
- tolerate sitting for long periods management skills
- maintain vehicle appearance constructing
- transport topography services
- park vehicles working with machinery and specialised equipment
- handle petty cash management skills
- ensure vehicle operability working with machinery and specialised equipment
- assist passengers assisting and caring
- provide customers with price information communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a taxi driver does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- private chauffeur 65% covered · difficulty 38
- bus driver 60% covered · difficulty 43.8
- tram driver 51% covered · difficulty 51.5
- trolley bus driver 51% covered · difficulty 51.5
- parking valet 33% covered · difficulty 66
- car and van delivery driver 31% covered · difficulty 69
- cargo vehicle driver 25% covered · difficulty 73.7
- carriage driver 25% covered · difficulty 72.8
- moving truck driver 25% covered · difficulty 73.1
- taxi controller 20% covered · difficulty 77.7
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Taxi driver is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a taxi 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.