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

patient transport services drivertoemergency ambulance driver

A patient transport services driver already meets 25% of what the emergency ambulance driver role asks for. The move turns on 24 required skills not yet in the profile.

From patient transport services driver
25%
Overlap1
To emergency ambulance driver
10 Skills carried over
24 Required, not held
81.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

25%

Learning distance A rebuild

81.3/ 100

1 Share of the emergency ambulance driver role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the patient transport services 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.

Why

Why this move works

A emergency ambulance driver role treats 9 of its required skills as things a patient transport services driver already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • adhere to organisational guidelines
  • comply with legislation related to health care
  • empathise with the healthcare user
  • first aid
  • follow verbal instructions
  • health care legislation

What stands in the way is 24 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 10 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 patient transport services driver background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held transfer patients assisting and caring
  • already held resuscitation health and welfare
  • already held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held operate an emergency communication system working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held health care legislation business, administration and law
  • already held empathise with the healthcare user assisting and caring

All 10 carried skills, including the 9 the emergency ambulance driver role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 37 missing skills fall into 11 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 7 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held special equipment in emergency required
  • required, not held medical dispatch required
  • required, not held emergency cases required
  • required, not held human anatomy required
  • required, not held infection control required
  • required, not held operational tactics for emergency responses required
  • required, not held pathogenic microorganisms required
  • optional, not held disability care optional
  • optional, not held sanitary technology optional
  • optional, not held childbirth optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required
  • required, not held assist ambulance paramedics required
  • required, not held work in multidisciplinary teams related to emergency care required
  • required, not held write reports on emergency cases required
  • required, not held communicate in healthcare required
  • required, not held listen actively required
03 assisting and caring 4 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held transfer patients to and from ambulance vehicles required
  • required, not held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice required
  • required, not held position patients undergoing interventions required
  • required, not held provide first aid required
  • optional, not held handle patient trauma optional
  • optional, not held maintain order at scenes of accidents optional
04 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held ensure ambulance roadworthiness required
  • required, not held monitor patients during transfer to hospital required
  • optional, not held assess nature of injury in emergency optional
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required, 3 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
  • optional, not held operate specialised equipment in emergency optional
06 management skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held tolerate stress required
  • optional, not held apply organisational techniques optional
  • optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional

5 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 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
  • already held comply with legislation related to health care skill
  • already held empathise with the healthcare user skill
  • already held first aid knowledge
  • already held follow verbal instructions skill
  • already held health care legislation knowledge
  • already held operate an emergency communication system skill
  • already held resuscitation knowledge
  • already held transfer patients skill
  • already held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers skill
The 5 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 handling and moving 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held clean vehicle interiors required
  • optional, not held decontaminate ambulance interior optional
08 arts and humanities 1 required
  • required, not held health care occupation-specific ethics required
09 constructing 1 required
  • required, not held maintain emergency vehicle equipment required
10 services 1 required
  • required, not held hygiene in a health care setting required
11 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held pharmacology optional
13 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 decontaminate ambulance interior optional
  • optional, not held disability care optional
  • optional, not held handle patient trauma optional
  • optional, not held operate specialised equipment in emergency optional
  • optional, not held sanitary technology optional
  • optional, not held apply organisational techniques optional
  • optional, not held assess nature of injury in emergency optional
  • optional, not held childbirth optional
  • optional, not held maintain order at scenes of accidents optional
  • optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional
  • optional, not held pharmacology optional
15 held skills the emergency ambulance driver role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply numeracy skills skill
  • not needed by the target role assist passengers skill
  • not needed by the target role assist patients with special needs skill
  • not needed by the target role assist social service users with physical disabilities skill
  • not needed by the target role complete patient journey records skill
  • not needed by the target role drive ambulance under non-emergency conditions skill
  • not needed by the target role follow written instructions skill
  • not needed by the target role licences regulation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role local geography knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain vehicle appearance skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain vehicle service skill
  • not needed by the target role mechanical components of vehicles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role older adults' needs knowledge
  • not needed by the target role transport allocated patients skill
  • not needed by the target role use foreign languages in patient care skill
13 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 medical dispatch required
  • required, not held emergency cases required
  • required, not held health care occupation-specific ethics required
  • required, not held human anatomy required
  • required, not held hygiene in a health care setting required
  • required, not held infection control required
  • required, not held operational tactics for emergency responses required
  • required, not held pathogenic microorganisms required
  • optional, not held disability care optional
  • optional, not held sanitary technology optional
  • optional, not held childbirth optional
  • optional, not held pharmacology optional
Index

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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.