Passenger fare controller to bus driver
A passenger fare controller already meets 30% of what the bus driver role asks for. The move turns on 23 required skills not yet in the profile.
74/ 100
1 How much of what a bus driver is expected to do is already part of a passenger fare controller’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 passenger fare controller already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- adhere to transportation work schedule
- assist disable passengers
- assist passengers
- communicate clearly with passengers
- communicate with customers
- help to control passenger behaviour during emergency situations
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 passenger fare controller background worth leading with.
- already held adhere to transportation work schedule communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held communicate clearly with passengers communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held assist disable passengers assisting and caring
- already held help to control passenger behaviour during emergency situations assisting and caring
- already held provide information to passengers assisting and caring
- already held handle petty cash management skills
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 10 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 control the performance of the vehicle required
- still to learn drive in urban areas required
- still to learn ensure vehicle operability required
- still to learn perform defensive driving required
- still to learn manoeuvre bus required
- still to learn use communication devices required
- still to learn apply conflict management 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 ensure vehicles are equipped with accessibility equipment required
- still to learn keep time accurately required
- still to learn read maps required
- still to learn passenger transport regulations required
- still to learn health and safety measures in transportation required
- still to learn transport topography required
- still to learn focus on passengers required
- still to learn interpret traffic signals required
- still to learn organise vehicle breakdown support required
- still to learn tolerate sitting for long periods required
4 further areas 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 clean road vehicles practise this
- 02 control the performance of the vehicle practise this
- 03 drive in urban areas 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 adhere to transportation work schedule skill
- already held assist disable passengers skill
- already held assist passengers skill
- already held communicate clearly with passengers skill
- already held communicate with customers skill
- already held help to control passenger behaviour during emergency situations skill
- already held lift heavy weights skill
- already held perform services in a flexible manner skill
- already held provide first aid skill
- already held provide information to passengers skill
- already held handle petty cash skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn clean road vehicles required
- optional, not held execute vehicle maintenance optional
- still to learn road traffic laws required
- still to learn mechanical components of vehicles required
- still to learn operate GPS systems required
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held promote the use of sustainable transport optional
- optional, not held execute vehicle maintenance optional
21 held skills the bus driver role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role act reliably skill
- not needed by the target role analyse reports provided by passengers skill
- not needed by the target role answer questions about the train transport service skill
- not needed by the target role apply tramway regulations skill
- not needed by the target role assist passengers in emergency situations skill
- not needed by the target role be friendly to passengers skill
- not needed by the target role check passenger tickets skill
- not needed by the target role check tickets throughout carriages skill
- not needed by the target role collect fares skill
- not needed by the target role communicate reports provided by passengers skill
- not needed by the target role consider ergonomic aspects of urban transportation skill
- not needed by the target role customs regulations for passengers knowledge
- not needed by the target role engage with rail stakeholders skill
- not needed by the target role facilitate safe disembarkation of passengers skill
- not needed by the target role handle personal identifiable information skill
- not needed by the target role listen actively skill
- not needed by the target role manage emergency situations on board skill
- not needed by the target role operate electronic payment terminals skill
- not needed by the target role regulations for international transportation knowledge
- not needed by the target role speak different languages skill
- not needed by the target role supervise movement of passengers skill
5 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 mechanical components of vehicles required
- still to learn passenger transport regulations required
- still to learn health and safety measures in transportation required
- still to learn road traffic laws required
- still to learn transport topography required
Other moves recorded from passenger fare controller
Common questions about this move
Can a passenger fare controller become a bus driver?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A passenger fare controller 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 passenger fare controller need to become a bus driver?
23 required skills are missing, plus 2 optional ones. They fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with machinery and specialised equipment. The single most important is clean road vehicles.
How hard is the move from passenger fare controller to bus driver?
Its learning distance is 74 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.