Bus driver to carriage driver
A bus driver already meets 45% of what the carriage driver role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
52.8/ 100
1 How much of what a carriage driver is expected to do is already part of a bus 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 carriage driver role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A carriage driver role treats 5 of its required skills as things a bus driver already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- assist passengers
- communicate with customers
- focus on passengers
- road traffic laws
- tolerate sitting for long periods
What stands in the way is 5 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A carriage driver role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a bus driver background worth leading with.
- already held tolerate sitting for long periods management skills
- already held focus on passengers assisting and caring
- already held assist disable passengers assisting and caring
- already held ensure vehicle operability working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held assist passengers assisting and caring
- already held drive in urban areas working with machinery and specialised equipment
All 8 carried skills, including the 5 the carriage driver role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 12 missing skills fall into 5 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 drive carriage required
- still to learn harness horses to carriage required
- optional, not held clean horse's legs optional
- optional, not held groom animals optional
- optional, not held provide care for horses optional
- optional, not held train horses optional
- optional, not held transport horses optional
- still to learn ensure passenger comfort required
- still to learn obey traffic rules required
- still to learn animal behaviour required
- optional, not held provide customers with price information optional
- optional, not held process payments optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a carriage driver role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 drive carriage practise this
- 02 harness horses to carriage practise this
- 03 animal behaviour study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 8 skills that carry over
- already held assist passengers skill
- already held communicate with customers skill
- already held focus on passengers skill
- already held road traffic laws knowledge
- already held tolerate sitting for long periods skill
- already held assist disable passengers skill
- already held drive in urban areas skill
- already held ensure vehicle operability skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held clean horse's legs optional
- optional, not held groom animals optional
- optional, not held provide care for horses optional
- optional, not held provide customers with price information optional
- optional, not held train horses optional
- optional, not held transport horses optional
- optional, not held process payments optional
28 held skills the carriage driver role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adhere to transportation work schedule skill
- not needed by the target role apply conflict management skill
- not needed by the target role clean road vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role communicate clearly with passengers skill
- not needed by the target role control the performance of the vehicle skill
- not needed by the target role ensure vehicles are equipped with accessibility equipment skill
- not needed by the target role execute vehicle maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role handle petty cash skill
- not needed by the target role health and safety measures in transportation knowledge
- not needed by the target role help to control passenger behaviour during emergency situations skill
- not needed by the target role interpret traffic signals skill
- not needed by the target role keep time accurately skill
- not needed by the target role lift heavy weights skill
- not needed by the target role manoeuvre bus skill
- not needed by the target role mechanical components of vehicles knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate GPS systems skill
- not needed by the target role organise vehicle breakdown support skill
- not needed by the target role passenger transport regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform defensive driving skill
- not needed by the target role perform services in a flexible manner skill
- not needed by the target role promote the use of sustainable transport skill
- not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
- not needed by the target role provide information to passengers skill
- not needed by the target role read maps skill
- not needed by the target role stay alert skill
- not needed by the target role transport topography knowledge
- not needed by the target role use communication devices skill
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
1 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 animal behaviour required
Other moves recorded from bus driver
- tram driver 72% covered · moderate
- private chauffeur 61% covered · moderate
- taxi driver 60% covered · moderate
- cargo vehicle driver 55% covered · moderate
- school bus attendant 46% covered · moderate
- dangerous goods driver 44% covered · substantial
- passenger fare controller 41% covered · substantial
- armoured car driver 39% covered · substantial
Common questions about this move
Can a bus driver become a carriage driver?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A bus driver already covers 45% of what a carriage driver is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 5 of which the carriage driver role treats as required.
What skills does a bus driver need to become a carriage driver?
5 required skills are missing, plus 7 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is drive carriage.
How hard is the move from bus driver to carriage driver?
Its learning distance is 52.8 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.