school bus attendanttobus driver
A school bus attendant already meets 26% of what the bus driver role asks for. The move turns on 24 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 77.3 of 100 · career change
1 Share of the bus driver role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the school bus attendant 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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A bus driver role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a school bus attendant background worth leading with.
- already held ensure vehicles are equipped with accessibility equipment information skills
- already held help to control passenger behaviour during emergency situations assisting and caring
- already held assist passengers assisting and caring
- already held passenger transport regulations services
- already held use communication devices working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held health and safety measures in transportation services
All 9 carried skills, including the 9 the bus driver role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 27 missing skills fall into 9 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 communicate with customers required
- required, not held perform services in a flexible manner required
- required, not held stay alert required
- required, not held use different communication channels required
- optional, not held promote the use of sustainable transport optional
- required, not held control the performance of the vehicle required
- required, not held drive in urban areas required
- required, not held ensure vehicle operability required
- required, not held perform defensive driving required
- required, not held manoeuvre bus required
- required, not held assist disable passengers required
- required, not held focus on passengers required
- required, not held provide information to passengers required
- required, not held interpret traffic signals required
- required, not held clean road vehicles required
- required, not held lift heavy weights required
- optional, not held execute vehicle maintenance optional
- required, not held organise vehicle breakdown support required
- required, not held tolerate sitting for long periods required
- optional, not held handle petty cash optional
- required, not held keep time accurately required
- required, not held read maps required
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a bus driver role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 adhere to transportation work schedule skill · sector specific
- 02 assist disable passengers 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 9 skills that carry over
- already held apply conflict management skill
- already held assist passengers skill
- already held ensure vehicles are equipped with accessibility equipment skill
- already held health and safety measures in transportation knowledge
- already held help to control passenger behaviour during emergency situations skill
- already held passenger transport regulations knowledge
- already held provide first aid skill
- already held road traffic laws knowledge
- already held use communication devices skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held mechanical components of vehicles required
- required, not held transport topography required
- required, not held operate GPS systems required
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held promote the use of sustainable transport optional
- optional, not held execute vehicle maintenance optional
- optional, not held handle petty cash optional
10 held skills the bus driver role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- not needed by the target role assist social service users with physical disabilities skill
- not needed by the target role common children's diseases knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate with youth skill
- not needed by the target role cooperate with colleagues skill
- not needed by the target role cooperate with education professionals skill
- not needed by the target role escort students on a field trip skill
- not needed by the target role monitor student's behaviour skill
- not needed by the target role show consideration for student's situation skill
- not needed by the target role supervise children 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 mechanical components of vehicles required
- required, not held transport topography 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.