transport plannertomobility services manager
A transport planner already meets 42% of what the mobility services manager role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.
42%
63.2/ 100
1 Share of the mobility services manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the transport planner 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 mobility services manager role treats 11 of its required skills as things a transport planner already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- analyse transport business networks
- analyse transportation costs
- carpooling services
- develop urban transport studies
- environmental policy
- match vehicles with routes
What stands in the way is 14 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 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mobility services manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a transport planner background worth leading with.
- already held carpooling services services
- already held promote public transport communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held analyse transport business networks information skills
- already held mobility as a service services
- already held study traffic flow information skills
- already held manage car park operations information skills
All 15 carried skills, including the 11 the mobility services manager 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 maintain relationship with suppliers required
- required, not held build business relationships required
- required, not held design customer experiences required
- required, not held develop innovative mobility solutions required
- required, not held ensure client orientation required
- required, not held manage relationships with stakeholders required
- required, not held develop mobility programmes required
- required, not held develop business plans required
- required, not held manage vehicle inventory required
- optional, not held develop strategies for accessibility optional
- optional, not held plan digital marketing optional
- required, not held reduce business mobility costs required
- optional, not held analyse travel alternatives optional
- optional, not held analyse customer service surveys optional
- required, not held carsharing required
- optional, not held micro mobility devices optional
- optional, not held bicycle sharing systems optional
- required, not held manage quantitative data required
- optional, not held use fleet management system optional
- required, not held project management required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a mobility services manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 carsharing knowledge · occupation specific
- 02 develop mobility programmes skill · occupation specific
- 03 develop business plans 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 15 skills that carry over
- already held analyse transport business networks skill
- already held analyse transportation costs skill
- already held carpooling services knowledge
- already held develop urban transport studies skill
- already held environmental policy knowledge
- already held match vehicles with routes skill
- already held mobility as a service knowledge
- already held parking regulations knowledge
- already held prepare visual data skill
- already held study traffic flow skill
- already held traffic engineering knowledge
- already held implement route planning in smart mobility services skill
- already held manage car park operations skill
- already held promote public transport skill
- already held statistical analysis system software knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held smart city features required
- optional, not held maintain privacy of service users optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held use fleet management system optional
- optional, not held analyse travel alternatives optional
- optional, not held micro mobility devices optional
- optional, not held analyse customer service surveys optional
- optional, not held bicycle sharing systems optional
- optional, not held develop strategies for accessibility optional
- optional, not held maintain privacy of service users optional
- optional, not held plan digital marketing optional
34 held skills the mobility services manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role air traffic management knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse environmental data skill
- not needed by the target role analyse road traffic patterns skill
- not needed by the target role analyse test data skill
- not needed by the target role analyse transport studies skill
- not needed by the target role apply statistical analysis techniques skill
- not needed by the target role civil engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct environmental surveys skill
- not needed by the target role design wayside signalling interlockings skill
- not needed by the target role educate public on road safety skill
- not needed by the target role environmental legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role geographical routes knowledge
- not needed by the target role give live presentation skill
- not needed by the target role identify statistical patterns skill
- not needed by the target role interpret visual literacy skill
- not needed by the target role investigate road accidents skill
- not needed by the target role local geography knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor traffic flow skill
- not needed by the target role prepare scientific reports skill
- not needed by the target role promote the use of sustainable transport skill
- not needed by the target role provide information on train routes skill
- not needed by the target role public law knowledge
- not needed by the target role rail infrastructure knowledge
- not needed by the target role regulate traffic skill
- not needed by the target role report analysis results skill
- not needed by the target role restrict bridge traffic skill
- not needed by the target role road traffic laws knowledge
- not needed by the target role run preventive simulations skill
- not needed by the target role simulate transport problems skill
- not needed by the target role statistics knowledge
- not needed by the target role urban planning knowledge
- not needed by the target role urban planning law knowledge
- not needed by the target role use consulting techniques skill
- not needed by the target role write leaflets 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 carsharing required
- required, not held project management required
- required, not held smart city features required
- optional, not held micro mobility devices optional
- optional, not held bicycle sharing systems optional
Other moves recorded from transport planner
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.