pump operatortofire service vehicle operator
A pump operator already meets 56% of what the fire service vehicle operator role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 48.5 of 100 · moderate
1 Share of the fire service vehicle operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the pump operator 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 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A fire service vehicle operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a pump operator background worth leading with.
- already held operate emergency equipment handling and moving
- already held manage emergency care situations management skills
- already held maintain safety systems assisting and caring
- already held relay messages through radio and telephone systems communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held work as a team in a hazardous environment communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held educate public on fire safety communication, collaboration and creativity
All 18 carried skills, including the 13 the fire service vehicle operator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 missing skills fall into 5 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 perform search and rescue missions required
- required, not held provide first aid required
- required, not held react calmly in stressful situations required
- required, not held select hazard control required
- optional, not held contain fires optional
- optional, not held evacuate people from buildings optional
- required, not held apply advanced driving techniques required
- required, not held drive firetruck under emergency conditions required
- required, not held operate specialised equipment in emergency required
- required, not held drive vehicles required
- required, not held tolerate stress required
- optional, not held organise fire drills optional
- required, not held health and safety regulations required
- optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a fire service vehicle operator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 apply advanced driving techniques skill · sector specific
- 02 drive firetruck under emergency conditions skill · sector specific
- 03 operate specialised equipment in emergency 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 18 skills that carry over
- already held ensure public safety and security skill
- already held extinguish fires skill
- already held fire prevention procedures knowledge
- already held fire safety regulations knowledge
- already held fire-fighting systems knowledge
- already held first aid knowledge
- already held hydraulics knowledge
- already held manage emergency care situations skill
- already held manage major incidents skill
- already held operate emergency equipment skill
- already held perform risk analysis skill
- already held use different types of fire extinguishers skill
- already held work as a team in a hazardous environment skill
- already held educate public on fire safety skill
- already held maintain safety systems skill
- already held perform minor repairs to equipment skill
- already held relay messages through radio and telephone systems skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held contain fires optional
- optional, not held organise fire drills optional
- optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
- optional, not held evacuate people from buildings optional
12 held skills the fire service vehicle operator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role coordinate fire fighting skill
- not needed by the target role environmental legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role environmental policy knowledge
- not needed by the target role hydraulic fluid knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain hydraulic systems skill
- not needed by the target role operate emergency vehicle skill
- not needed by the target role operate fire extinguishers skill
- not needed by the target role operate hydraulic machinery controls skill
- not needed by the target role operate hydraulic pumps skill
- not needed by the target role operate pumps for fire extinguishing skill
- not needed by the target role perform preventive maintenance on fire fighting vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role pollution legislation knowledge
1 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 health and safety regulations required
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.