private chauffeurtotrolley bus driver
A private chauffeur already meets 59% of what the trolley bus driver role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.
59%
50.9/ 100
1 Share of the trolley bus 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.
Why this move works
A trolley bus driver role treats 18 of its required skills as things a private chauffeur already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- assist disable passengers
- assist passengers
- communicate with customers
- drive in urban areas
- ensure vehicle operability
- focus on passengers
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 · What you already bring
Of the 21 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A trolley bus 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 tolerate sitting for long periods management skills
- already held focus on passengers assisting and caring
- already held transport topography services
- already held assist disable passengers assisting and caring
- already held execute vehicle maintenance handling and moving
- already held perform defensive driving working with machinery and specialised equipment
All 21 carried skills, including the 18 the trolley bus driver role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 missing skills fall into 8 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 adhere to transportation work schedule required
- required, not held communicate clearly with passengers required
- required, not held apply conflict management required
- required, not held use different communication channels required
- required, not held help to control passenger behaviour during emergency situations required
- required, not held provide information to passengers required
- required, not held ensure vehicles are equipped with accessibility equipment required
- required, not held keep time accurately required
- required, not held comply with policies for trolley bus driving required
- required, not held use communication equipment required
- required, not held electrical operation of trolley buses required
- required, not held clean road vehicles required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a trolley bus driver role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 electrical operation of trolley buses knowledge · occupation specific
- 02 adhere to transportation work schedule skill · sector specific
- 03 clean road vehicles skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 21 skills that carry over
- already held assist disable passengers skill
- 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 focus on passengers skill
- already held health and safety measures in transportation knowledge
- already held interpret traffic signals skill
- already held operate GPS systems skill
- already held passenger transport regulations knowledge
- already held perform defensive driving skill
- already held perform services in a flexible manner skill
- already held provide first aid skill
- already held road traffic laws knowledge
- already held stay alert skill
- already held tolerate sitting for long periods skill
- already held tolerate stress skill
- already held transport topography knowledge
- already held execute vehicle maintenance skill
- already held lift heavy weights skill
- already held read maps skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held mechanics of trolley buses required
- optional, not held handle petty cash optional
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held handle petty cash optional
20 held skills the trolley bus driver role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse travel alternatives 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 follow verbal instructions skill
- not needed by the target role geographic areas knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle delivered packages 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 maintain vehicle appearance skill
- not needed by the target role make reservations skill
- not needed by the target role mechanical components of vehicles knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate radio equipment skill
- not needed by the target role park vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role provide private transport services 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
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held electrical operation of trolley buses required
- required, not held mechanics of trolley buses required
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.