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Where a truck driving instructor can go next

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

Truck driving instructors teach people the theory and practice of how to operate a truck safely and according to regulations. They assist students in developing the skills needed to drive and prepare them for the driving theory tests and the practical driving test.

Also known as driving instructor, driver training instructor, driver education instructor, HGV instructor, lorry driving instructor, truck driver training instructor, commercial vehicle driving instructor, lorry driver training instructor, Cat C instructor, Cat C/C+E instructor, truck driver instructor, lorry driving training instructor.

Service and sales workers 43 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: driving instructor, 82%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
occupational driving instruct… 67% covered vessel steering instructor 63% covered driving instructor 82% covered tutor 44% covered public speaking coach 44% covered truck driving instructor You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from truck 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 a truck driving instructor 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 truck driving instructor needs 25 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
  • adapt to new technology used in cars communication, collaboration and creativity
  • diagnose problems with vehicles information skills
  • ensure vehicles are equipped with accessibility equipment information skills
  • park vehicles working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • types of vehicle engines engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • 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
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Truck driving instructor is filed under Service and sales workers, ISCO major group 5. 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 truck 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.