taxi controllertotrolley bus driver
A taxi controller already meets 17% of what the trolley bus driver role asks for. The move turns on 26 required skills not yet in the profile.
17%
84.7/ 100
1 Share of the trolley bus driver role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the taxi controller 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 5 of its required skills as things a taxi controller already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- drive in urban areas
- passenger transport regulations
- perform services in a flexible manner
- road traffic laws
- use different communication channels
What stands in the way is 26 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 trolley bus 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 passenger transport regulations services
- already held drive in urban areas working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held road traffic laws business, administration and law
- 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 5 the trolley bus driver role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 29 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 assist disable passengers required
- required, not held assist passengers required
- required, not held focus on passengers required
- required, not held help to control passenger behaviour during emergency situations required
- required, not held provide information to passengers required
- required, not held interpret traffic signals required
- required, not held provide first aid required
- 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 communicate with customers required
- required, not held stay alert required
- required, not held comply with policies for trolley bus driving required
- required, not held ensure vehicle operability required
- required, not held perform defensive driving required
- required, not held use communication equipment required
- required, not held mechanics of trolley buses required
- required, not held health and safety measures in transportation required
- required, not held transport topography required
- required, not held tolerate stress required
- required, not held tolerate sitting for long periods required
- optional, not held handle petty cash optional
- required, not held ensure vehicles are equipped with accessibility equipment required
- required, not held keep time accurately required
3 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 assist disable passengers 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 6 skills that carry over
- already held drive in urban areas skill
- already held passenger transport regulations knowledge
- already held perform services in a flexible manner skill
- already held road traffic laws knowledge
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held read maps skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held clean road vehicles required
- optional, not held execute vehicle maintenance optional
- optional, not held lift heavy weights optional
- required, not held electrical operation of trolley buses required
- required, not held operate GPS systems required
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held execute vehicle maintenance optional
- optional, not held handle petty cash optional
- optional, not held lift heavy weights optional
16 held skills the trolley bus 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 operate radio dispatch systems for taxis skill
- not needed by the target role provide high-end driving services skill
- not needed by the target role relay messages through radio and telephone systems skill
- not needed by the target role use codes to communicate with taxi drivers skill
4 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
- required, not held health and safety measures in transportation required
- required, not held transport topography required
Other moves recorded from taxi controller
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.