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

paramedic in emergency responsestoemergency ambulance driver

A paramedic in emergency responses already meets 60% of what the emergency ambulance driver role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From paramedic in emergency responses
60%
Overlap1
To emergency ambulance driver
28 Skills carried over
13 Required, not held
53.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

60%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

53.4/ 100

1 Share of the emergency ambulance driver role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the paramedic in emergency responses 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 20 of its required skills as things a paramedic in emergency responses 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
  • empathise with the healthcare user

What stands in the way is 13 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 28 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 paramedic in emergency responses background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held write reports on emergency cases communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held decontaminate ambulance interior handling and moving
  • already held sanitary technology health and welfare
  • already held medical dispatch health and welfare
  • already held position patients undergoing interventions assisting and caring
  • already held transfer patients to and from ambulance vehicles assisting and caring

All 28 carried skills, including the 20 the emergency ambulance driver role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 missing skills fall into 10 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 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held special equipment in emergency required
  • required, not held infection control required
  • required, not held resuscitation required
  • optional, not held disability care optional
  • optional, not held childbirth optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required
  • required, not held assist ambulance paramedics required
  • required, not held work in multidisciplinary teams related to emergency care required
  • required, not held follow verbal instructions required
03 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held ensure ambulance roadworthiness required
  • required, not held monitor patients during transfer to hospital required
04 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
05 arts and humanities 1 required
  • required, not held health care occupation-specific ethics required
06 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held health care legislation required

4 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 28 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 empathise with the healthcare user skill
  • already held first aid knowledge
  • already held human anatomy knowledge
  • already held hygiene in a health care setting knowledge
  • already held listen actively skill
  • already held medical dispatch knowledge
  • already held operate an emergency communication system skill
  • already held operational tactics for emergency responses knowledge
  • already held pathogenic microorganisms 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 write reports on emergency cases skill
  • already held apply organisational techniques skill
  • already held assess nature of injury in emergency skill
  • already held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers skill
  • already held decontaminate ambulance interior skill
  • already held maintain order at scenes of accidents skill
  • already held operate specialised equipment in emergency skill
  • already held pharmacology knowledge
  • already held sanitary technology knowledge
The 4 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 constructing 1 required
  • required, not held maintain emergency vehicle equipment required
08 handling and moving 1 required
  • required, not held clean vehicle interiors required
09 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held handle patient trauma optional
10 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
6 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 disability care optional
  • optional, not held handle patient trauma optional
  • optional, not held childbirth optional
  • optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
55 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 address problems critically skill
  • not needed by the target role administer medication in emergency skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
  • not needed by the target role apply context specific clinical competences skill
  • not needed by the target role apply first response skill
  • not needed by the target role behavioural science knowledge
  • not needed by the target role brief hospital staff 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 contribute to continuity of health care skill
  • not needed by the target role cope with blood skill
  • not needed by the target role deal with emergency care situations skill
  • not needed by the target role defibrillation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role delegate emergency care skill
  • not needed by the target role develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
  • not needed by the target role dietetics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role disorders of vital functions knowledge
  • not needed by the target role educate on the prevention of illness skill
  • not needed by the target role emergency medicine 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 evaluation methodologies in paramedic practice knowledge
  • not needed by the target role follow clinical guidelines skill
  • not needed by the target role health care system knowledge
  • not needed by the target role immobilise patients for emergency intervention skill
  • not needed by the target role inform policy makers on health-related challenges skill
  • not needed by the target role interact with healthcare users skill
  • not needed by the target role intravenous infusion knowledge
  • not needed by the target role intubation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage acute pain skill
  • not needed by the target role manage healthcare users' data skill
  • not needed by the target role manage major incidents skill
  • not needed by the target role manage patients with acute illnesses skill
  • not needed by the target role manage trauma through surgical means skill
  • not needed by the target role medical devices knowledge
  • 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

15 further entries not listed here

7 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 health care legislation required
  • required, not held health care occupation-specific ethics required
  • required, not held infection control required
  • required, not held resuscitation required
  • optional, not held disability care optional
  • optional, not held childbirth optional
Index

Other moves recorded from paramedic in emergency responses

Full index of moves from paramedic in emergency responses

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.