Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a tram driver can go next

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

Tram drivers operate trams, take fares, and look after passengers.

Also known as light rail vehicle driver, metro train driver, driver of trams, driver of light rail trains, light rail train driver.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 39 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: bus driver, 81%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
bus driver 81% covered private chauffeur 53% covered taxi driver 51% covered carriage driver 45% covered passenger fare controller 45% covered tram driver You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from tram 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 tram 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 tram driver needs 34 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
  • perform tram equipment checks information skills
  • drive trams working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • interpret traffic light signals used in tramway infrastructure assisting and caring
  • interpret tramway traffic signs assisting and caring
  • clean road vehicles handling and moving
  • types of trams services
  • apply tramway regulations assisting and caring
  • mechanical composition of trams services
  • operate tram controls working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • keep time accurately information skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Tram 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 tram 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.