Taxi controller to taxi driver
A taxi controller already meets 20% of what the taxi driver role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.
77.7/ 100
1 How much of what a taxi driver is expected to do is already part of a taxi controller’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 taxi controller already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- drive in urban areas
- operate radio dispatch systems for taxis
- read maps
- use different communication channels
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 6 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 taxi controller background worth leading with.
- already held operate radio dispatch systems for taxis working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held provide high-end driving services working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held drive in urban areas working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held read maps information skills
- already held perform services in a flexible manner communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held use different communication channels communication, collaboration and creativity
All 6 carried skills, including the 4 the taxi driver role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 22 missing skills fall into 10 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 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 follow verbal instructions required
- optional, not held adapt to changing situations 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 ensure vehicle operability required
- still to learn park vehicles required
- still to learn use communication devices required
- optional, not held provide private transport services optional
- optional, not held solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools optional
- still to learn assist passengers required
- optional, not held maintain privacy of service users optional
- still to learn maintain vehicle appearance required
- still to learn mechanical components of vehicles required
4 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 assist passengers practise this
- 02 ensure vehicle operability practise this
- 03 maintain vehicle appearance 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 6 skills that carry over
- already held drive in urban areas skill
- already held operate radio dispatch systems for taxis skill
- already held read maps skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held perform services in a flexible manner skill
- already held provide high-end driving services skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn lift heavy weights required
- still to learn geographic areas required
- still to learn transport topography required
- still to learn operate GPS systems required
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- 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
16 held skills the taxi driver role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assign taxi fares skill
- not needed by the target role communicate by telephone skill
- not needed by the target role communicate verbal instructions skill
- not needed by the target role consider economic criteria in decision making skill
- not needed by the target role control taxi schedules skill
- not needed by the target role follow up complaint reports skill
- not needed by the target role handle customer complaints skill
- not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
- not needed by the target role listen actively skill
- not needed by the target role log times of taxis skill
- not needed by the target role match vehicles with routes skill
- not needed by the target role monitor drivers skill
- not needed by the target role passenger transport regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role relay messages through radio and telephone systems skill
- not needed by the target role road traffic laws knowledge
- not needed by the target role use codes to communicate with taxi drivers skill
3 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 mechanical components of vehicles required
- still to learn geographic areas required
- still to learn transport topography required
Other moves recorded from taxi controller
Common questions about this move
Can a taxi controller become a taxi driver?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A taxi controller already covers 20% of what a taxi driver is expected to do: 6 skills carry over, 4 of which the taxi driver role treats as required.
What skills does a taxi controller need to become a taxi driver?
18 required skills are missing, plus 4 optional ones. They fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is assist passengers.
How hard is the move from taxi controller to taxi driver?
Its learning distance is 77.7 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.