Patient transport services driver to taxi driver
A patient transport services driver already meets 17% of what the taxi driver role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.
79.4/ 100
1 How much of what a taxi driver is expected to do is already part of a patient transport services 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 taxi driver role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A taxi driver role treats 4 of its required skills as things a patient transport services driver already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- assist passengers
- follow verbal instructions
- maintain vehicle appearance
- mechanical components of vehicles
What stands in the way is 18 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 4 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A taxi 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.
- already held maintain vehicle appearance constructing
- already held assist passengers assisting and caring
- already held mechanical components of vehicles engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held follow verbal instructions communication, collaboration and creativity
All 4 carried skills, including the 4 the taxi driver role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 24 missing skills fall into 9 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 drive in urban areas required
- still to learn ensure vehicle operability required
- still to learn operate radio dispatch systems for taxis required
- still to learn park vehicles required
- still to learn use communication devices required
- optional, not held provide high-end driving services optional
- optional, not held provide private transport services optional
- optional, not held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools optional
- still to learn provide customers with price information required
- still to learn apply knowledge of human behaviour required
- still to learn communicate with customers required
- still to learn use different communication channels required
- optional, not held adapt to changing situations optional
- optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
- still to learn organise vehicle breakdown support required
- still to learn tolerate stress required
- still to learn handle petty cash required
- still to learn tolerate sitting for long periods required
- still to learn lift heavy weights required
- still to learn read maps required
- still to learn geographic areas required
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a taxi driver role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 drive in urban areas practise this
- 02 ensure vehicle operability practise this
- 03 organise vehicle breakdown support 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 4 skills that carry over
- already held assist passengers skill
- already held follow verbal instructions skill
- already held maintain vehicle appearance skill
- already held mechanical components of vehicles knowledge
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn transport topography required
- still to learn operate GPS systems required
- optional, not held maintain privacy of service users optional
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held provide high-end driving services optional
- optional, not held provide private transport services optional
- optional, not held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools optional
- optional, not held adapt to changing situations optional
- optional, not held maintain privacy of service users optional
- optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
21 held skills the taxi driver role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- not needed by the target role apply numeracy skills 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 communicate in foreign languages with health service providers skill
- not needed by the target role complete patient journey records skill
- not needed by the target role comply with legislation related to health care skill
- not needed by the target role drive ambulance under non-emergency conditions skill
- not needed by the target role empathise with the healthcare user skill
- not needed by the target role first aid knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow written instructions skill
- not needed by the target role health care legislation knowledge
- 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 service skill
- not needed by the target role older adults' needs knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate an emergency communication system skill
- not needed by the target role resuscitation knowledge
- not needed by the target role transfer patients skill
- not needed by the target role transport allocated patients skill
- not needed by the target role use foreign languages in patient care skill
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 geographic areas required
- still to learn transport topography required
Other moves recorded from patient transport services driver
Common questions about this move
Can a patient transport services driver become a taxi driver?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A patient transport services driver already covers 17% of what a taxi driver is expected to do: 4 skills carry over, 4 of which the taxi driver role treats as required.
What skills does a patient transport services driver need to become a taxi driver?
18 required skills are missing, plus 6 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with machinery and specialised equipment. The single most important is drive in urban areas.
How hard is the move from patient transport services driver to taxi driver?
Its learning distance is 79.4 out of 100, which is the career change 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.