# Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs

> Drive a motor vehicle to transport passengers on a planned or scheduled basis. May collect a fare. Includes nonemergency medical transporters and hearse drivers.

- **SOC code:** 53-3053.00
- **Canonical URL:** https://singulariki.com/roles/role-53-3053-00
- **Also known as:** Chauffeur, Driver, Limo Driver (Limousine Driver), Shuttle Driver, Airport Shuttle Driver, Car Driver, Motor Coach Driver, Shuttle Bus Driver
- **Frame:** "AI exposure" means task overlap (how codifiable the work is), not jobs lost or a forecast. Every figure below is traced to a named public dataset.

## What this work is

**Core tasks** (O*NET):
- Test vehicle equipment, such as lights, brakes, horns, or windshield wipers, to ensure proper operation.
- Check the condition of a vehicle's tires, brakes, windshield wipers, lights, oil, fuel, water, and safety equipment to ensure that everything is in working order.
- Comply with traffic regulations to operate vehicles in a safe and courteous manner.
- Follow relevant safety regulations and state laws governing vehicle operation, and ensure that passengers follow safety regulations.
- Operate vehicles with specialized equipment, such as wheelchair lifts, to transport and secure passengers with special needs.
- Report any vehicle malfunctions or needed repairs.
- Perform routine vehicle maintenance, such as regulating tire pressure and adding gasoline, oil, and water.
- Pick up and drop off passengers at regularly scheduled neighborhood locations, following strict time schedules.
- Drive shuttle busses, limousines, company cars, or privately owned vehicles to transport passengers.
- Prepare and submit reports that may include the number of passengers or trips, hours worked, mileage driven fuel consumed, or fares received.
- Notify dispatchers or company mechanics of vehicle problems.
- Provide passengers with assistance entering and exiting vehicles, and help them with any luggage.

## Skills, tools, capabilities

**Knowledge, skills & abilities** (O*NET, highest importance first):
- Customer and Personal Service _(knowledge)_
- Transportation _(knowledge)_
- Public Safety and Security _(knowledge)_
- Near Vision _(ability)_
- Far Vision _(ability)_
- English Language _(knowledge)_
- Personnel and Human Resources _(knowledge)_
- Administrative _(knowledge)_
- Administration and Management _(knowledge)_
- Education and Training _(knowledge)_
- Production and Processing _(knowledge)_
- Law and Government _(knowledge)_

**Skills in demand:**
- English Language _(Common Skill)_
- Psychology _(Specialized Skill)_
- Depth Perception _(Common Skill)_
- Active Listening _(Common Skill)_
- Speech Recognition _(Specialized Skill)_
- Critical Thinking _(Common Skill)_
- Social Perceptiveness _(Common Skill)_
- Information Ordering _(Specialized Skill)_
- Inductive Reasoning _(Common Skill)_
- Deductive Reasoning _(Common Skill)_
- Mathematics _(Common Skill)_
- Microsoft Windows _(Common Skill)_

**Tools & technology:**
- Facebook _(hot technology)_
- Microsoft Excel _(hot technology)_
- Microsoft Office software _(hot technology)_
- Microsoft Windows _(hot technology)_
- Actsoft Comet Tracker
- AOL MapQuest
- Digital Dispatch
- Easy Dispatch
- EventHelix WebTaxi
- Global positioning system GPS software
- GPC Autocab
- Mobile Knowledge Cabmate

## AI exposure & outlook

- **AI task-overlap index:** 36th percentile (Moderate) across all occupations — composite of current-era exposure studies (ai-exposure-index-v1).
- **LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou):** 33rd percentile (Low) — source: eloundou_gamma.
- **AI assistant applicability (Microsoft):** 43rd percentile (Moderate) — source: microsoft_applicability.
- **Projected employment (BLS 2024–34):** 6.7% growth (About average); 36.3k annual openings; 243.9k → 260.3k jobs.
- **Pay & employment (BLS OEWS, May 2024):** median $36,670; 229,630 employed.

## Sources

- **O*NET** (30.3) — U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)** (May 2024) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS Employment Projections** (2024–2034) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **Anthropic Economic Index** (v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27)) — Anthropic. https://www.anthropic.com/economic-index
- **Microsoft “Working with AI”** (working-with-ai) — Microsoft Research. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/
- **“GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.)** (arXiv 2303.10130) — OpenAI / academic. https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10130

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_Generated from Singulariki's joined dataset; data snapshot 2026-06-02T21:00:32.945303+00:00. https://singulariki.com/roles/role-53-3053-00_