Occupation Atlaspatient transport services driver
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/976f752c-5f10-42ca-84fb-89aa529af04f
patient transport services driver
Patient transport services drivers transfer disabled, vulnerable and elderly patients to and from health care facilities such as hospitals or social care settings. They drive the ambulance and maintain all the related equipment but under non-emergency circumstances.
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Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RSCRealistic · Social · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic6.45
- S Social4.73
- C Conventional3.57
- I Investigative2.45
- E Enterprising1.53
- A Artistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians (53-3011.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (15)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- assist passengers
- complete patient journey records
- comply with legislation related to health care
- drive ambulance under non-emergency conditions
- follow verbal instructions
- follow written instructions
- licences regulation
- local geography
- maintain vehicle appearance
- maintain vehicle service
- mechanical components of vehicles
- operate an emergency communication system
- transfer patients
- transport allocated patients
Optional (10)
- apply numeracy skills
- assist patients with special needs
- assist social service users with physical disabilities
- communicate in foreign languages with health service providers
- empathise with the healthcare user
- first aid
- health care legislation
- older adults' needs
- resuscitation
- use foreign languages in patient care
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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