Bus driver to moving truck driver
A bus driver already meets 36% of what the moving truck driver role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
67.6/ 100
1 How much of what a moving truck 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 moving truck driver role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A moving truck driver role treats 9 of its required skills as things a bus driver already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- communicate with customers
- drive in urban areas
- ensure vehicle operability
- interpret traffic signals
- mechanical components of vehicles
- operate GPS systems
What stands in the way is 12 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 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A moving truck 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 execute vehicle maintenance handling and moving
- already held perform defensive driving working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held ensure vehicle operability working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held drive in urban areas working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held mechanical components of vehicles engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held interpret traffic signals assisting and caring
All 11 carried skills, including the 9 the moving truck driver role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 28 missing skills fall into 7 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 carry objects required
- still to learn handle delivery of furniture goods required
- still to learn store warehouse goods required
- still to learn load bulk trucks required
- still to learn perform cleaning duties required
- optional, not held analyse requirements for moving goods optional
- optional, not held apply techniques for stacking goods into containers optional
- optional, not held determine cargo loading sequence optional
- optional, not held use packaging equipment optional
- optional, not held assemble goods optional
- optional, not held load animals for transportation optional
- optional, not held pack goods optional
- optional, not held stack goods optional
- optional, not held use traditional toolbox tools optional
- still to learn use communication equipment required
- still to learn use equipment for safe stowage required
- still to learn manoeuvre heavy trucks required
- optional, not held organise weight of loads according to lifting equipment capacity optional
- still to learn vehicle cargo capacity required
- optional, not held animal transportation vehicles optional
- optional, not held hazards associated with loading dangerous goods optional
- still to learn road transport legislation required
- optional, not held animal transport regulations optional
- still to learn read pictograms required
- optional, not held maintain inventory of tools optional
- still to learn follow work procedures required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a moving truck driver role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 carry objects practise this
- 02 handle delivery of furniture goods practise this
- 03 read pictograms 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 11 skills that carry over
- already held communicate with customers skill
- already held drive in urban areas skill
- already held ensure vehicle operability skill
- already held interpret traffic signals skill
- already held mechanical components of vehicles knowledge
- already held operate GPS systems skill
- already held perform defensive driving skill
- already held read maps skill
- already held road traffic laws knowledge
- already held execute vehicle maintenance skill
- already held health and safety measures in transportation knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held electricity optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held analyse requirements for moving goods optional
- optional, not held animal transport regulations optional
- optional, not held animal transportation vehicles optional
- optional, not held apply techniques for stacking goods into containers optional
- optional, not held determine cargo loading sequence optional
- optional, not held organise weight of loads according to lifting equipment capacity optional
- optional, not held use packaging equipment optional
- optional, not held assemble goods optional
- optional, not held electricity optional
- optional, not held hazards associated with loading dangerous goods optional
- optional, not held load animals for transportation optional
- optional, not held maintain inventory of tools optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
- optional, not held pack goods optional
- optional, not held stack goods optional
- optional, not held use traditional toolbox tools optional
25 held skills the moving truck 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 assist disable passengers skill
- not needed by the target role assist passengers 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 focus on passengers skill
- not needed by the target role handle petty cash skill
- not needed by the target role help to control passenger behaviour during emergency situations 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 organise vehicle breakdown support skill
- not needed by the target role passenger transport regulations knowledge
- 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 stay alert skill
- not needed by the target role tolerate sitting for long periods 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
7 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 road transport legislation required
- still to learn vehicle cargo capacity required
- optional, not held animal transport regulations optional
- optional, not held animal transportation vehicles optional
- optional, not held electricity optional
- optional, not held hazards associated with loading dangerous goods optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
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
- carriage driver 45% covered · moderate
- dangerous goods driver 44% covered · substantial
- passenger fare controller 41% covered · substantial
Common questions about this move
Can a bus driver become a moving truck driver?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A bus driver already covers 36% of what a moving truck driver is expected to do: 11 skills carry over, 9 of which the moving truck driver role treats as required.
What skills does a bus driver need to become a moving truck driver?
12 required skills are missing, plus 16 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is carry objects.
How hard is the move from bus driver to moving truck driver?
Its learning distance is 67.6 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.