Where a trolley bus driver can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a trolley bus driver already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Trolley bus drivers operate trolley buses or guided buses, take fares, and look after passengers.
Also known as bus operator, transit bus driver, trolley bus operator, driver of trolley buses, trolleybus driver, guided bus driver, trolleybus operator.
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 35 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: tram driver, 78%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A trolley bus driver needs 31 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- electrical operation of trolley buses engineering, manufacturing and construction
- clean road vehicles handling and moving
- comply with policies for trolley bus driving working with machinery and specialised equipment
- mechanics of trolley buses services
- keep time accurately information skills
- tolerate sitting for long periods management skills
- adhere to transportation work schedule communication, collaboration and creativity
- focus on passengers assisting and caring
- communicate clearly with passengers communication, collaboration and creativity
- transport topography services
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a trolley bus driver does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- private chauffeur 59% covered · difficulty 50.9
- taxi driver 34% covered · difficulty 71.7
- moving truck driver 30% covered · difficulty 74.8
- passenger fare controller 30% covered · difficulty 74.4
- carriage driver 25% covered · difficulty 78.5
- school bus attendant 25% covered · difficulty 78.6
- train conductor 23% covered · difficulty 79.7
- taxi controller 17% covered · difficulty 84.7
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Trolley bus 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 trolley bus 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.