Skills
Ambulance Driver Skills & Tools
The technical skills, people skills and tools employers look for in ambulance drivers, and how to build and show them.
What skills do ambulance drivers need?
Ambulance Drivers need technical skills such as safe driving, patient lifting, and wheelchair securement, plus people skills like compassion and calm. They also use tools such as Ambulances and Wheelchair vans.
Technical (hard) skills
- Safe driving
- Patient lifting
- Wheelchair securement
- Infection control
- CPR
- Vehicle inspection
People (soft) skills
- Compassion
- Calm
- Reliability
- Communication
Tools, equipment and technology
- Ambulances
- Wheelchair vans
- Stretchers
- Stair chairs
- Radios
- Tablets
Skills in action: common tasks
These step-by-step guides show how ambulance drivers put their skills to work:
- How to move a patient onto a stretcher safely
- How to clean an ambulance between patients
- How to drive smoothly with a patient onboard
How to show these skills on a resume
- Lead your skills section with the technical skills from the job posting, for example, “Safe driving” and “Patient lifting.”
- Prove soft skills with results: instead of listing “compassion,” describe a situation where you used it.
- List credentials such as EVOC near the top, with the issuing organization and date.
- Use the employer’s vocabulary. Our ambulance driver glossary covers the terms hiring managers expect.
How to build these skills
Formal training, supervised practice and certification are the most direct routes. Our Ambulance Driver training introduces each of these skills with plain-language lessons, procedures and a final knowledge check: a strong foundation before hands-on training or your first day.