Mobility services manager to transport planner
A mobility services manager already meets 31% of what the transport planner role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.
72.9/ 100
1 How much of what a transport planner is expected to do is already part of a mobility services manager’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 transport planner role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A transport planner role treats 8 of its required skills as things a mobility services manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- analyse transport business networks
- analyse transportation costs
- develop urban transport studies
- environmental policy
- prepare visual data
- statistical analysis system software
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 · What you already bring
Of the 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A transport planner role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a mobility services manager background worth leading with.
- already held carpooling services services
- already held promote public transport communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held analyse transport business networks information skills
- already held study traffic flow information skills
- already held manage car park operations information skills
- already held mobility as a service services
All 15 carried skills, including the 8 the transport planner role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 34 missing skills fall into 9 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 analyse environmental data required
- still to learn analyse road traffic patterns required
- still to learn analyse test data required
- still to learn analyse transport studies required
- still to learn apply statistical analysis techniques required
- still to learn conduct environmental surveys required
- still to learn identify statistical patterns required
- still to learn interpret visual literacy required
- still to learn monitor traffic flow required
- still to learn report analysis results required
- optional, not held investigate road accidents optional
- still to learn environmental legislation required
- still to learn public law required
- still to learn urban planning law required
- optional, not held air traffic management optional
- optional, not held road traffic laws optional
- still to learn geographical routes required
- still to learn statistics required
- optional, not held local geography optional
- still to learn promote the use of sustainable transport required
- optional, not held write leaflets optional
- optional, not held educate public on road safety optional
- optional, not held give live presentation optional
- optional, not held prepare scientific reports optional
- optional, not held use consulting techniques optional
- still to learn regulate traffic required
- optional, not held restrict bridge traffic optional
- optional, not held provide information on train routes optional
- still to learn urban planning required
- optional, not held rail infrastructure optional
- optional, not held civil engineering optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a transport planner role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 analyse environmental data practise this
- 02 analyse road traffic patterns practise this
- 03 promote the use of sustainable transport 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 15 skills that carry over
- already held analyse transport business networks skill
- already held analyse transportation costs skill
- already held develop urban transport studies skill
- already held environmental policy knowledge
- already held prepare visual data skill
- already held statistical analysis system software knowledge
- already held study traffic flow skill
- already held traffic engineering knowledge
- already held carpooling services knowledge
- already held implement route planning in smart mobility services skill
- already held manage car park operations skill
- already held match vehicles with routes skill
- already held mobility as a service knowledge
- already held parking regulations knowledge
- already held promote public transport skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held run preventive simulations optional
- optional, not held design wayside signalling interlockings optional
- optional, not held simulate transport problems optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held restrict bridge traffic optional
- optional, not held air traffic management optional
- optional, not held design wayside signalling interlockings optional
- optional, not held investigate road accidents optional
- optional, not held provide information on train routes optional
- optional, not held rail infrastructure optional
- optional, not held write leaflets optional
- optional, not held civil engineering optional
- optional, not held educate public on road safety optional
- optional, not held give live presentation optional
- optional, not held local geography optional
- optional, not held prepare scientific reports optional
- optional, not held road traffic laws optional
- optional, not held run preventive simulations optional
- optional, not held simulate transport problems optional
- optional, not held use consulting techniques optional
22 held skills the transport planner role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse customer service surveys skill
- not needed by the target role analyse travel alternatives skill
- not needed by the target role bicycle sharing systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
- not needed by the target role carsharing knowledge
- not needed by the target role design customer experiences skill
- not needed by the target role develop business plans skill
- not needed by the target role develop innovative mobility solutions skill
- not needed by the target role develop mobility programmes skill
- not needed by the target role develop strategies for accessibility skill
- not needed by the target role ensure client orientation skill
- not needed by the target role maintain privacy of service users skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with suppliers skill
- not needed by the target role manage quantitative data skill
- not needed by the target role manage relationships with stakeholders skill
- not needed by the target role manage vehicle inventory skill
- not needed by the target role micro mobility devices knowledge
- not needed by the target role plan digital marketing skill
- not needed by the target role project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role reduce business mobility costs skill
- not needed by the target role smart city features knowledge
- not needed by the target role use fleet management system skill
11 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 environmental legislation required
- still to learn geographical routes required
- still to learn public law required
- still to learn statistics required
- still to learn urban planning required
- still to learn urban planning law required
- optional, not held air traffic management optional
- optional, not held rail infrastructure optional
- optional, not held civil engineering optional
- optional, not held local geography optional
- optional, not held road traffic laws optional
Common questions about this move
Can a mobility services manager become a transport planner?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A mobility services manager already covers 31% of what a transport planner is expected to do: 15 skills carry over, 8 of which the transport planner role treats as required.
What skills does a mobility services manager need to become a transport planner?
18 required skills are missing, plus 16 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is analyse environmental data.
How hard is the move from mobility services manager to transport planner?
Its learning distance is 72.9 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.