private chauffeurtotaxi driver
A private chauffeur already meets 65% of what the taxi driver role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 38 of 100 · moderate
1 Share of the taxi driver role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the private chauffeur 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 · What you already bring
Of the 17 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 private chauffeur background worth leading with.
- already held provide private transport services working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held tolerate sitting for long periods management skills
- already held maintain vehicle appearance constructing
- already held transport topography services
- already held park vehicles working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held ensure vehicle operability working with machinery and specialised equipment
All 17 carried skills, including the 15 the taxi driver role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 11 missing skills fall into 4 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.
- required, not held provide customers with price information required
- required, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour required
- required, not held use different communication channels required
- optional, not held adapt to changing situations optional
- required, not held operate radio dispatch systems for taxis required
- required, not held use communication devices required
- optional, not held provide high-end driving services optional
- optional, not held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools optional
- required, not held organise vehicle breakdown support required
- required, not held handle petty cash required
- optional, not held maintain privacy of service users optional
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 organise vehicle breakdown support skill · sector specific
- 02 provide customers with price information skill · sector specific
- 03 apply knowledge of human behaviour skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 17 skills that carry over
- already held assist passengers skill
- already held communicate with customers skill
- already held drive in urban areas skill
- already held ensure vehicle operability skill
- already held follow verbal instructions skill
- already held geographic areas knowledge
- already held lift heavy weights skill
- already held maintain vehicle appearance skill
- already held mechanical components of vehicles knowledge
- already held operate GPS systems skill
- already held park vehicles skill
- already held read maps skill
- already held tolerate sitting for long periods skill
- already held tolerate stress skill
- already held transport topography knowledge
- already held perform services in a flexible manner skill
- already held provide private transport services skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held provide high-end driving 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
24 held skills the taxi driver role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse travel alternatives skill
- not needed by the target role assist disable passengers skill
- not needed by the target role clean vehicle interiors skill
- not needed by the target role control the performance of the vehicle skill
- not needed by the target role demonstrate professional attitude to clients skill
- not needed by the target role drive automatic car skill
- not needed by the target role drive vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role execute vehicle maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role focus on passengers skill
- not needed by the target role handle delivered packages skill
- not needed by the target role health and safety measures in transportation knowledge
- not needed by the target role interpret traffic signals skill
- not needed by the target role local geography knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain personal hygiene standards skill
- not needed by the target role make reservations skill
- not needed by the target role operate radio equipment skill
- not needed by the target role passenger transport regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform defensive driving skill
- not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
- not needed by the target role road traffic laws knowledge
- not needed by the target role stay alert skill
- not needed by the target role transportation methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role wash vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role work in shifts skill
Other moves recorded from private chauffeur
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.