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

moving truck drivertotrolley bus driver

A moving truck driver already meets 30% of what the trolley bus driver role asks for. The move turns on 22 required skills not yet in the profile.

From moving truck driver
30%
Overlap1
To trolley bus driver
11 Skills carried over
22 Required, not held
74.8 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 74.8

This move: 74.8 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the trolley bus driver role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the moving truck driver 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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A trolley 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.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • 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 interpret traffic signals assisting and caring
  • already held use communication equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment

All 11 carried skills, including the 9 the trolley bus driver role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 24 missing skills fall into 8 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 assisting and caring 6 required
  • required, not held assist disable passengers required
  • required, not held assist passengers required
  • required, not held focus on passengers required
  • required, not held help to control passenger behaviour during emergency situations required
  • required, not held provide information to passengers required
  • required, not held provide first aid required
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 6 required
  • required, not held adhere to transportation work schedule required
  • required, not held communicate clearly with passengers required
  • required, not held apply conflict management required
  • required, not held perform services in a flexible manner required
  • required, not held stay alert required
  • required, not held use different communication channels required
03 services 3 required
  • required, not held mechanics of trolley buses required
  • required, not held passenger transport regulations required
  • required, not held transport topography required
04 management skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held tolerate stress required
  • required, not held tolerate sitting for long periods required
  • optional, not held handle petty cash optional
05 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held ensure vehicles are equipped with accessibility equipment required
  • required, not held keep time accurately required
06 handling and moving 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held clean road vehicles required
  • optional, not held lift heavy weights optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a trolley bus 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 11 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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 operate GPS systems skill
  • already held perform defensive driving skill
  • already held road traffic laws knowledge
  • already held use communication equipment skill
  • already held execute vehicle maintenance skill
  • already held read maps skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held electrical operation of trolley buses required
08 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held comply with policies for trolley bus driving required
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held handle petty cash optional
  • optional, not held lift heavy weights optional
28 held skills the trolley bus driver role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • 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 mechanical components of vehicles knowledge
  • 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 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
4 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 electrical operation of trolley buses required
  • required, not held mechanics of trolley buses required
  • required, not held passenger transport regulations required
  • required, not held transport topography required
Index

Other moves recorded from moving truck driver

Full index of moves from moving truck driver

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.