RecordMove

Tram driver to carriage driver

A tram driver already meets 45% of what the carriage driver role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional

From tram driver

Partial match

To carriage driver

8 You already bring

5 Still to learn

20 Skills in the target role2

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

52.8/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 How much of what a carriage driver is expected to do is already part of a tram driver’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 carriage driver role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A carriage driver role treats 5 of its required skills as things a tram driver already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

assist passengers
communicate with customers
focus on passengers
road traffic laws
tolerate sitting for long periods

What stands in the way is 5 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A carriage 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.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held tolerate sitting for long periods management skills
already held focus on passengers assisting and caring
already held assist disable passengers assisting and caring
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 8 carried skills, including the 5 the carriage driver role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 12 missing skills fall into 5 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.

Skill to pick up Tier

01 handling and moving 2 required, 5 supplementary

still to learn drive carriage required
still to learn harness horses to carriage required

optional, not held clean horse's legs optional
optional, not held groom animals optional
optional, not held provide care for horses optional
optional, not held train horses optional
optional, not held transport horses optional

02 assisting and caring 2 required

still to learn ensure passenger comfort required
still to learn obey traffic rules required

03 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 1 required

still to learn animal behaviour required

04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary

optional, not held provide customers with price information optional

05 management skills 1 supplementary

optional, not held process payments optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a carriage driver role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 8 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held assist passengers skill
already held communicate with customers skill
already held focus on passengers skill
already held road traffic laws knowledge
already held tolerate sitting for long periods skill
already held assist disable passengers skill
already held drive in urban areas skill
already held ensure vehicle operability skill

7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to pick up Tier

optional, not held clean horse's legs optional
optional, not held groom animals optional
optional, not held provide care for horses optional
optional, not held provide customers with price information optional
optional, not held train horses optional
optional, not held transport horses optional
optional, not held process payments optional

31 held skills the carriage driver role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role adhere to transportation work schedule skill
not needed by the target role apply conflict management skill
not needed by the target role apply tramway regulations skill
not needed by the target role clean road vehicles skill
not needed by the target role communicate clearly with passengers skill
not needed by the target role drive trams skill
not needed by the target role ensure vehicles are equipped with accessibility equipment skill
not needed by the target role execute vehicle maintenance skill
not needed by the target role handle petty cash skill
not needed by the target role health and safety measures in transportation knowledge
not needed by the target role help to control passenger behaviour during emergency situations 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 keep time accurately skill
not needed by the target role lift heavy weights skill
not needed by the target role mechanical composition of trams knowledge
not needed by the target role operate GPS systems skill
not needed by the target role operate tram controls skill
not needed by the target role passenger transport regulations knowledge
not needed by the target role perform defensive driving skill
not needed by the target role perform services in a flexible manner skill
not needed by the target role perform tram equipment checks skill
not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
not needed by the target role provide information to passengers skill
not needed by the target role read maps skill
not needed by the target role stay alert skill
not needed by the target role tolerate stress skill
not needed by the target role transport topography knowledge
not needed by the target role types of trams knowledge
not needed by the target role use communication equipment skill
not needed by the target role use different communication channels 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.

Skill to pick up Tier

still to learn animal behaviour required

Index

Other moves recorded from tram driver

Full index of moves from tram driver

FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a tram driver become a carriage driver?

Yes, and it is a moderate move. A tram driver already covers 45% of what a carriage driver is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 5 of which the carriage driver role treats as required.

What skills does a tram driver need to become a carriage driver?

5 required skills are missing, plus 7 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is drive carriage.

How hard is the move from tram driver to carriage driver?

Its learning distance is 52.8 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

Note

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.