Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

hospital portertoemergency ambulance driver

A hospital porter already meets 42% of what the emergency ambulance driver role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.

From hospital porter
42%
Overlap1
To emergency ambulance driver
18 Skills carried over
18 Required, not held
68 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

42%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

68/ 100

1 Share of the emergency ambulance driver role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the hospital porter 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.

Why

Why this move works

A emergency ambulance driver role treats 15 of its required skills as things a hospital porter already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • adhere to organisational guidelines
  • communicate in healthcare
  • comply with legislation related to health care
  • comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
  • emergency cases
  • first aid

What stands in the way is 18 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A emergency ambulance driver role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a hospital porter background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held position patients undergoing interventions assisting and caring
  • already held transfer patients to and from ambulance vehicles assisting and caring
  • already held emergency cases health and welfare
  • already held transfer patients assisting and caring
  • already held operate specialised equipment in emergency working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held assess nature of injury in emergency information skills

All 18 carried skills, including the 15 the emergency ambulance driver role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 29 missing skills fall into 12 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 health and welfare 5 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held special equipment in emergency required
  • required, not held medical dispatch required
  • required, not held infection control required
  • required, not held pathogenic microorganisms required
  • required, not held resuscitation required
  • optional, not held disability care optional
  • optional, not held sanitary technology optional
  • optional, not held childbirth optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held assist ambulance paramedics required
  • required, not held work in multidisciplinary teams related to emergency care required
  • required, not held write reports on emergency cases required
  • required, not held follow verbal instructions required
  • optional, not held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers optional
03 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held ensure ambulance roadworthiness required
  • required, not held monitor patients during transfer to hospital required
04 assisting and caring 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held empathise with the healthcare user required
  • optional, not held handle patient trauma optional
  • optional, not held maintain order at scenes of accidents optional
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held drive ambulance under emergency conditions required
  • optional, not held drive helicopter under emergency conditions optional
  • optional, not held pilot boat for medical emergency services optional
06 handling and moving 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held clean vehicle interiors required
  • optional, not held decontaminate ambulance interior optional

6 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a emergency ambulance driver role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 18 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
  • already held communicate in healthcare skill
  • already held comply with legislation related to health care skill
  • already held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
  • already held emergency cases knowledge
  • already held first aid knowledge
  • already held human anatomy knowledge
  • already held listen actively skill
  • already held operate an emergency communication system skill
  • already held operational tactics for emergency responses knowledge
  • already held position patients undergoing interventions skill
  • already held provide first aid skill
  • already held tolerate stress skill
  • already held transfer patients skill
  • already held transfer patients to and from ambulance vehicles skill
  • already held apply organisational techniques skill
  • already held assess nature of injury in emergency skill
  • already held operate specialised equipment in emergency skill
The 6 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 arts and humanities 1 required
  • required, not held health care occupation-specific ethics required
08 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held health care legislation required
09 constructing 1 required
  • required, not held maintain emergency vehicle equipment required
10 services 1 required
  • required, not held hygiene in a health care setting required
11 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
12 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held pharmacology optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held drive helicopter under emergency conditions optional
  • optional, not held pilot boat for medical emergency services optional
  • optional, not held decontaminate ambulance interior optional
  • optional, not held disability care optional
  • optional, not held handle patient trauma optional
  • optional, not held sanitary technology optional
  • optional, not held childbirth optional
  • optional, not held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers optional
  • optional, not held maintain order at scenes of accidents optional
  • optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
  • optional, not held pharmacology optional
28 held skills the emergency ambulance driver role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role accept own accountability skill
  • not needed by the target role adapt to emergency care environment skill
  • not needed by the target role answer patients' questions skill
  • not needed by the target role apply context specific clinical competences skill
  • not needed by the target role apply good clinical practices skill
  • not needed by the target role assist patients with rehabilitation skill
  • not needed by the target role clinical science knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct physical examination in emergency skill
  • not needed by the target role deal with emergency care situations skill
  • not needed by the target role deal with patients' anxiety skill
  • not needed by the target role disorders of vital functions knowledge
  • not needed by the target role employ specific paramedic techniques in out-of-hospital care skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure safety of healthcare users skill
  • not needed by the target role follow clinical guidelines skill
  • not needed by the target role identify patients' behaviours skill
  • not needed by the target role immobilise patients for emergency intervention skill
  • not needed by the target role interact with healthcare users skill
  • not needed by the target role manage major incidents skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor basic patients signs skill
  • not needed by the target role observe confidentiality skill
  • not needed by the target role physical science applied to paramedical practice knowledge
  • not needed by the target role principles of paramedic practice knowledge
  • not needed by the target role prioritise emergencies skill
  • not needed by the target role provide basic support to patients skill
  • not needed by the target role respond to changing situations in health care skill
  • not needed by the target role select hazard control skill
  • not needed by the target role transportation methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use technical equipment for sterilisation skill
12 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held special equipment in emergency required
  • required, not held medical dispatch required
  • required, not held health care legislation required
  • required, not held health care occupation-specific ethics required
  • required, not held hygiene in a health care setting required
  • required, not held infection control required
  • required, not held pathogenic microorganisms required
  • required, not held resuscitation required
  • optional, not held disability care optional
  • optional, not held sanitary technology optional
  • optional, not held childbirth optional
  • optional, not held pharmacology optional
Index

Other moves recorded from hospital porter

Full index of moves from hospital porter

Note

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.