Moving truck driver to bus driver
A moving truck driver already meets 30% of what the bus driver role asks for. The move turns on 23 required skills not yet in the profile.
74.4/ 100
1 How much of what a bus driver is expected to do is already part of a moving truck 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 bus driver role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A bus driver role treats 10 of its required skills as things a moving truck driver already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- communicate with customers
- drive in urban areas
- ensure vehicle operability
- health and safety measures in transportation
- interpret traffic signals
- mechanical components of vehicles
What stands in the way is 23 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 bus driver role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a moving truck 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 10 the bus driver role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 25 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 adhere to transportation work schedule required
- still to learn communicate clearly with passengers required
- still to learn apply conflict management required
- still to learn perform services in a flexible manner required
- still to learn stay alert required
- still to learn use different communication channels required
- optional, not held promote the use of sustainable transport optional
- still to learn assist disable passengers required
- still to learn assist passengers required
- still to learn focus on passengers required
- still to learn help to control passenger behaviour during emergency situations required
- still to learn provide information to passengers required
- still to learn provide first aid required
- still to learn control the performance of the vehicle required
- still to learn manoeuvre bus required
- still to learn use communication devices required
- still to learn organise vehicle breakdown support required
- still to learn tolerate sitting for long periods required
- optional, not held handle petty cash optional
- still to learn clean road vehicles required
- still to learn lift heavy weights required
- still to learn ensure vehicles are equipped with accessibility equipment required
- still to learn keep time accurately required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a bus driver role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 adhere to transportation work schedule practise this
- 02 assist disable passengers practise this
- 03 assist passengers 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 health and safety measures in transportation knowledge
- 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
The 1 learning area not shown above
- still to learn passenger transport regulations required
- still to learn transport topography required
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held promote the use of sustainable transport optional
- optional, not held handle petty cash optional
28 held skills the bus driver role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse requirements for moving goods skill
- not needed by the target role animal transport regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role animal transportation vehicles knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply techniques for stacking goods into containers skill
- not needed by the target role assemble goods skill
- not needed by the target role carry objects skill
- not needed by the target role determine cargo loading sequence skill
- not needed by the target role electricity knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow work procedures skill
- not needed by the target role handle delivery of furniture goods skill
- not needed by the target role hazards associated with loading dangerous goods knowledge
- not needed by the target role load animals for transportation skill
- not needed by the target role load bulk trucks skill
- not needed by the target role maintain inventory of tools skill
- not needed by the target role manoeuvre heavy trucks skill
- not needed by the target role mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role organise weight of loads according to lifting equipment capacity skill
- not needed by the target role pack goods skill
- not needed by the target role perform cleaning duties skill
- not needed by the target role read pictograms skill
- not needed by the target role road transport legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role stack goods skill
- not needed by the target role store warehouse goods skill
- not needed by the target role use communication equipment skill
- not needed by the target role use equipment for safe stowage skill
- not needed by the target role use packaging equipment skill
- not needed by the target role use traditional toolbox tools skill
- not needed by the target role vehicle cargo capacity knowledge
2 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 passenger transport regulations required
- still to learn transport topography required
Other moves recorded from moving truck driver
- mover 69% covered · moderate
- move coordinator 46% covered · moderate
- cargo vehicle driver 40% covered · substantial
- dangerous goods driver 39% covered · substantial
- private chauffeur 34% covered · substantial
- trolley bus driver 30% covered · substantial
- bicycle courier 28% covered · substantial
- car and van delivery driver 27% covered · substantial
Common questions about this move
Can a moving truck driver become a bus driver?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A moving truck driver already covers 30% of what a bus driver is expected to do: 11 skills carry over, 10 of which the bus driver role treats as required.
What skills does a moving truck driver need to become a bus driver?
23 required skills are missing, plus 2 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is adhere to transportation work schedule.
How hard is the move from moving truck driver to bus driver?
Its learning distance is 74.4 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.