tram drivertobus driver
A tram driver already meets 81% of what the bus driver role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
81%
25.8/ 100
1 Share of the bus driver role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the tram 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 bus driver role treats 27 of its required skills as things a tram driver already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adhere to transportation work schedule
- apply conflict management
- assist disable passengers
- assist passengers
- clean road vehicles
- communicate clearly with passengers
What stands in the way is 6 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 29 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 tram driver background worth leading with.
- already held clean road vehicles handling and moving
- already held keep time accurately information skills
- already held tolerate sitting for long periods management skills
- already held adhere to transportation work schedule communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held focus on passengers assisting and caring
- already held communicate clearly with passengers communication, collaboration and creativity
All 29 carried skills, including the 27 the bus driver role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 7 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 control the performance of the vehicle required
- required, not held manoeuvre bus required
- required, not held use communication devices required
- required, not held interpret traffic signals required
- required, not held mechanical components of vehicles required
- required, not held organise vehicle breakdown support required
- optional, not held promote the use of sustainable transport optional
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 control the performance of the vehicle skill · sector specific
- 02 mechanical components of vehicles knowledge · sector specific
- 03 organise vehicle breakdown support 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 29 skills that carry over
- already held adhere to transportation work schedule skill
- already held apply conflict management skill
- already held assist disable passengers skill
- already held assist passengers skill
- already held clean road vehicles skill
- already held communicate clearly with passengers skill
- already held communicate with customers skill
- already held drive in urban areas skill
- already held ensure vehicle operability skill
- already held ensure vehicles are equipped with accessibility equipment skill
- already held focus on passengers skill
- already held health and safety measures in transportation knowledge
- already held help to control passenger behaviour during emergency situations skill
- already held keep time accurately skill
- already held lift heavy weights skill
- already held operate GPS systems skill
- already held passenger transport regulations knowledge
- already held perform defensive driving skill
- already held perform services in a flexible manner skill
- already held provide first aid skill
- already held provide information to passengers skill
- already held read maps skill
- already held road traffic laws knowledge
- already held stay alert skill
- already held tolerate sitting for long periods skill
- already held transport topography knowledge
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held execute vehicle maintenance skill
- already held handle petty cash skill
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held promote the use of sustainable transport optional
10 held skills the bus driver role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply tramway regulations skill
- not needed by the target role drive trams skill
- not needed by the target role interpret traffic light signals used in tramway infrastructure skill
- not needed by the target role interpret tramway traffic signs skill
- not needed by the target role mechanical composition of trams knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate tram controls skill
- not needed by the target role perform tram equipment checks skill
- not needed by the target role tolerate stress skill
- not needed by the target role types of trams knowledge
- not needed by the target role use communication equipment skill
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 mechanical components of vehicles 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.