Armoured car driver to bus driver
An armoured car driver already meets 35% of what the bus driver role asks for. The move turns on 21 required skills not yet in the profile.
70.9/ 100
1 How much of what a bus driver is expected to do is already part of an armoured car driver’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the bus driver role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A bus driver role treats 12 of its required skills as things an armoured car driver already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- adhere to transportation work schedule
- control the performance of the vehicle
- ensure vehicle operability
- interpret traffic signals
- keep time accurately
- lift heavy weights
What stands in the way is 21 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A bus driver role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an armoured car driver background worth leading with.
- already held keep time accurately information skills
- already held adhere to transportation work schedule communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held transport topography services
- already held control the performance of the vehicle working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held ensure vehicle operability working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held interpret traffic signals assisting and caring
All 12 carried skills, including the 12 the bus driver role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 24 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn communicate clearly with passengers required
- still to learn apply conflict management required
- still to learn communicate with customers required
- still to learn perform services in a flexible manner required
- still to learn use different communication channels required
- optional, not held promote the use of sustainable transport optional
- still to learn assist disable passengers required
- still to learn assist passengers required
- still to learn focus on passengers required
- still to learn help to control passenger behaviour during emergency situations required
- still to learn provide information to passengers required
- still to learn drive in urban areas required
- still to learn perform defensive driving required
- still to learn manoeuvre bus required
- still to learn use communication devices required
- still to learn organise vehicle breakdown support required
- still to learn tolerate sitting for long periods required
- optional, not held handle petty cash optional
- still to learn passenger transport regulations required
- still to learn health and safety measures in transportation required
- still to learn clean road vehicles required
- optional, not held execute vehicle maintenance optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a bus driver role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assist disable passengers practise this
- 02 assist passengers practise this
- 03 clean road vehicles practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 12 skills that carry over
- already held adhere to transportation work schedule skill
- already held control the performance of the vehicle skill
- already held ensure vehicle operability skill
- already held interpret traffic signals skill
- already held keep time accurately skill
- already held lift heavy weights skill
- already held operate GPS systems skill
- already held provide first aid skill
- already held read maps skill
- already held road traffic laws knowledge
- already held stay alert skill
- already held transport topography knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn mechanical components of vehicles required
- still to learn ensure vehicles are equipped with accessibility equipment required
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held promote the use of sustainable transport optional
- optional, not held execute vehicle maintenance optional
- optional, not held handle petty cash optional
25 held skills the bus driver role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse road traffic patterns skill
- not needed by the target role apply advanced driving techniques skill
- not needed by the target role comply with the principles of self-defence skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate transportation skill
- not needed by the target role deal with aggressive behaviour skill
- not needed by the target role drive vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with types of weapons skill
- not needed by the target role ensure regulatory compliance concerning distribution activities skill
- not needed by the target role handle delivered packages skill
- not needed by the target role handle surveillance equipment skill
- not needed by the target role identify security threats skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with security authorities skill
- not needed by the target role load cargo skill
- not needed by the target role maintain vehicle delivery documentation skill
- not needed by the target role manage cash transportation skill
- not needed by the target role manage major incidents skill
- not needed by the target role manage theft prevention skill
- not needed by the target role operate radio equipment skill
- not needed by the target role practice vigilance skill
- not needed by the target role prepare transportation routes skill
- not needed by the target role provide secured transportation skill
- not needed by the target role react calmly in stressful situations skill
- not needed by the target role security threats knowledge
- not needed by the target role unload cargo skill
- not needed by the target role use modern electronic navigational aids skill
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn mechanical components of vehicles required
- still to learn passenger transport regulations required
- still to learn health and safety measures in transportation required
Other moves recorded from armoured car driver
Common questions about this move
Can an armoured car driver become a bus driver?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An armoured car driver already covers 35% of what a bus driver is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 12 of which the bus driver role treats as required.
What skills does an armoured car driver need to become a bus driver?
21 required skills are missing, plus 3 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is assist disable passengers.
How hard is the move from armoured car driver to bus driver?
Its learning distance is 70.9 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.