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Ocupacions

Patient transport services driver

Latest available data: March 2025 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Pts driver Ambulance care assistant Driver in patient transport services Driver of medical transportation vehicle Driver of patient transport vehicle Medical transport service assistant Medical transport vehicle driver Patient transport driver Patient transport services driver Patient transportation 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.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Driving and tending passenger, vans, cars or taxis;
(b) Driving and tending cars, vans or small trucks to deliver mail or goods;
(c) Assisting passengers with handling of luggage;
(d) Collecting fares, payments for deliveries, or documents certifying deliveries;
(e) Operating telecommunications equipment to report location and availability, and follow directions of control centre;
(f) Determining most appropriate route;
(g) Assisting physically challenged passengers;
(h) Operating equipment to facilitate the loading and unloading of physically challenged passengers.

Knowledge

  • Nursing and midwifery
  • Law
  • Earth sciences
  • Motor vehicles, ships and aircraft
  • Care of the elderly and of disabled adults

Digital competencies

  • Performing general clerical and administrative tasks
  • Using foreign languages
  • Following instructions and procedures
  • Installing wooden and metal components
  • Assisting people with mobility

Digital competencies

No skills and knowledge of the occupation have been found. Only skills and knowledge relevant and requested by companies in their job offers are displayed.

Personal competencies

  • Supporting others
  • Communicating
  • Following ethical code of conduct

Professional groups of the occupation

Plant and machine operators, and assemblers

Drivers and mobile plant operators

Car, van and motorcycle drivers

Car, taxi and van drivers

Do you want to know what the hiring rate for this occupation is in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Car, taxi and van drivers

15.004

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

49,29%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

12,72% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

72,58%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

12,42%

Part-time contracts

1,46% Turnover index

3.370

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-4%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Drivers and mobile plant operators

92%

8%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Drivers and mobile plant operators

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Car, van and motorcycle drivers

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Car, taxi and van drivers

No experience
13%
Less than 1 year
13%
Between 1 and 2 years
20%
Between 2 and 4 years
28%
Between 4 and 8 years
7%
More than 8 years
19%
Transportation and storage
35%
Manufacturing
14%
Administrative and support service activities
11%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
10%
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
6%
Others
24%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.