taxi drivertotrolley bus driver
A taxi driver already meets 34% of what the trolley bus driver role asks for. The move turns on 21 required skills not yet in the profile.
34%
71.7/ 100
1 Share of the trolley bus driver role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the taxi driver 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 10 of its required skills as things a taxi driver already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- assist passengers
- communicate with customers
- drive in urban areas
- ensure vehicle operability
- operate GPS systems
- perform services in a flexible manner
What stands in the way is 21 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 13 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 driver background worth leading with.
- already held tolerate sitting for long periods management skills
- already held transport topography services
- already held handle petty cash management skills
- already held ensure vehicle operability working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held assist passengers assisting and caring
- already held drive in urban areas working with machinery and specialised equipment
All 13 carried skills, including the 10 the trolley bus driver role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 22 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 assist disable 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 stay alert required
- required, not held mechanics of trolley buses required
- required, not held passenger transport regulations required
- required, not held health and safety measures in transportation required
- required, not held comply with policies for trolley bus driving required
- required, not held perform defensive driving required
- required, not held use communication equipment required
- required, not held ensure vehicles are equipped with accessibility equipment required
- required, not held keep time accurately required
- required, not held clean road vehicles required
- optional, not held execute vehicle maintenance optional
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 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 13 skills that carry over
- 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 operate GPS systems skill
- already held perform services in a flexible manner skill
- already held tolerate sitting for long periods skill
- already held tolerate stress skill
- already held transport topography knowledge
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held handle petty cash skill
- already held lift heavy weights skill
- already held read maps skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held road traffic laws required
- required, not held electrical operation of trolley buses required
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held execute vehicle maintenance optional
15 held skills the trolley bus driver role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adapt to changing situations skill
- not needed by the target role apply knowledge of human behaviour 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 maintain privacy of service users skill
- not needed by the target role maintain vehicle appearance skill
- not needed by the target role mechanical components of vehicles knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate radio dispatch systems for taxis skill
- not needed by the target role organise vehicle breakdown support skill
- not needed by the target role park vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role provide customers with price information skill
- not needed by the target role provide high-end driving services skill
- not needed by the target role provide private transport services skill
- not needed by the target role solve location and navigation problems by using GPS tools skill
- not needed by the target role use communication devices skill
5 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 passenger transport regulations required
- required, not held health and safety measures in transportation required
- required, not held road traffic laws 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.