fire service vehicle operatortopump operator
A fire service vehicle operator already meets 59% of what the pump operator role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 44.8 of 100 · moderate
1 Share of the pump operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the fire service vehicle operator profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A pump operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a fire service vehicle operator background worth leading with.
- already held operate emergency equipment handling and moving
- already held manage emergency care situations management skills
- already held maintain safety systems assisting and caring
- already held relay messages through radio and telephone systems communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held work as a team in a hazardous environment communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held educate public on fire safety communication, collaboration and creativity
All 18 carried skills, including the 11 the pump operator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 12 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held operate pumps for fire extinguishing required
- required, not held operate hydraulic machinery controls required
- required, not held operate hydraulic pumps required
- required, not held maintain hydraulic systems required
- optional, not held operate emergency vehicle optional
- required, not held operate fire extinguishers required
- required, not held perform preventive maintenance on fire fighting vehicles required
- required, not held hydraulic fluid required
- required, not held coordinate fire fighting required
- optional, not held pollution legislation optional
- optional, not held environmental legislation optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a pump operator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 operate pumps for fire extinguishing skill · occupation specific
- 02 operate hydraulic machinery controls skill · sector specific
- 03 operate hydraulic pumps skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 18 skills that carry over
- already held ensure public safety and security skill
- already held extinguish fires skill
- already held fire prevention procedures knowledge
- already held fire safety regulations knowledge
- already held fire-fighting systems knowledge
- already held first aid knowledge
- already held hydraulics knowledge
- already held manage emergency care situations skill
- already held manage major incidents skill
- already held use different types of fire extinguishers skill
- already held work as a team in a hazardous environment skill
- already held educate public on fire safety skill
- already held maintain safety systems skill
- already held operate emergency equipment skill
- already held perform minor repairs to equipment skill
- already held perform risk analysis skill
- already held relay messages through radio and telephone systems skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held environmental policy optional
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held operate emergency vehicle optional
- optional, not held pollution legislation optional
- optional, not held environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held environmental policy optional
14 held skills the pump operator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply advanced driving techniques skill
- not needed by the target role contain fires skill
- not needed by the target role drive firetruck under emergency conditions skill
- not needed by the target role drive vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role evacuate people from buildings skill
- not needed by the target role health and safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate specialised equipment in emergency skill
- not needed by the target role organise fire drills skill
- not needed by the target role perform search and rescue missions skill
- not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
- not needed by the target role react calmly in stressful situations skill
- not needed by the target role select hazard control skill
- not needed by the target role tolerate stress skill
- not needed by the target role use geographic information systems skill
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held hydraulic fluid required
- optional, not held pollution legislation optional
- optional, not held environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held environmental policy optional
Other moves recorded from fire service vehicle operator
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.