Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers: where your skills can take you
Drive a tractor-trailer combination or a truck with a capacity of at least 26,001 pounds Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW). May be required to unload truck. Requires commercial drivers' license. Includes tow truck drivers.
Most common qualification in Australia: Year 12 or below (59% of workers, 2021 Census) · Australian median pay for Truck Drivers: A$101,900 full-time (Jobs and Skills Australia) · Truck licence class: HR for heavy rigid trucks, HC for semi-trailers, MC for B-doubles and road trains
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Three moves that use what a heavy and tractor-trailer truck driver already knows
Ranked by how much of the job's skills and knowledge carries over. Each one says what the move usually costs in study.
Subway and Streetcar Operators
🧰 Your current job already uses watching gauges and readings, operating machines and controls, finding the cause of a fault and checking quality.
🎓 No more study. Your current level of study is usually enough. The most common level in the US is high school or less (87%).
🔎 Find courses for this job on training.gov.au ↗
Operate subway or elevated suburban trains with no separate locomotive, or electric-powered streetcar, to transport passengers. May handle fares.
Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers
In shortage in regional areas (Jobs and Skills Australia, 2025)
🧰 Your current job already uses operating machines and controls, watching gauges and readings, finding the cause of a fault and keeping equipment in good order.
🎓 A certificate or diploma. More study than your current job. The most common level in Australia is a certificate or diploma (48%).
🔎 Find courses for this job on training.gov.au ↗
Drive switching or other locomotive or dinkey engines within railroad yard, industrial plant, quarry, construction project, or similar location.
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity
🧰 Your current job already uses operating machines and controls, watching gauges and readings, managing your own time and reading people.
🎓 No more study. Your current level of study is usually enough. The most common level in the US is high school or less (97%).
🔎 Find courses for this job on training.gov.au ↗
Drive bus or motor coach, including regular route operations, charters, and private carriage. May assist passengers with baggage. May collect fares or tickets.
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O*NET 30.3 — This service incorporates information from the O*NET 30.3 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. JobMatcha has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.
ABS ANZSCO 2022 Australian Update — Australian occupation tags are derived from the Australian Bureau of Statistics ANZSCO 2022 Australian Update correspondence tables (ABS, © Commonwealth of Australia, licensed under CC BY 4.0), bridged to U.S. occupations via U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics SOC crosswalks (public domain). Only high-confidence (>= 0.8) one-to-one chains are shown; other mappings are withheld as 'Australian data unavailable'.
Australian pay and shortage lines: Jobs and Skills Australia.