Index
Intro
Delivery and courier service drivers drive automobiles, vans and light trucks to pick up and deliver various products. They are employed by dairies, drug stores, newspaper distributors, take-out food establishments, dry cleaners, mobile caterers, courier and messenger service companies and many other establishments, or they may be self-employed.
Progression to supervisory positions or to non-driving occupations, such as driver trainer or dispatcher is possible with additional training or experience.
Main Duties
Delivery and courier service drivers perform some or all of the following duties:
- Operate and drive automobiles, vans and light trucks to pick up and deliver various products, such as fast food, newspapers, magazines, bakery and dairy products, and items such as dry cleaning, envelopes, packages and parcels
- Perform pre-trip and post-trip inspection of vehicle
- Plan delivery travel schedules and service routes
- Load and unload cargo, goods or merchandise
- Provide customer service by selling products, delivering over established routes and accepting or making payments for goods
- Record information on pick-ups and deliveries, vehicle mileage and fuel costs and report any incidents or problems encountered
- May scan and sort freight or cargo for delivery
- May assemble, install or set-up delivered goods or merchandise
- May communicate with central dispatch using mobile communications equipment.
Employment Requirements
- Completion of secondary school is usually required.
- A driver’s licence appropriate to the class of vehicle being driven is required.
- One year of safe driving experience is usually required.
- On-the-job training is provided.
- Eligibility for bonding and transportation of dangerous goods (TGD) certification may be required for delivery and courier drivers.
All Titles
- amusement machine route agent
- bakery deliveryman/womanbakery deliveryman, bakery deliverywoman, deliveryman, bakery, deliverywoman, bakery
- bakery route salesman/womanbakery route salesman, bakery route saleswoman
- bookmobile driver
- bread deliverer
- bread route driver
- canteen driver
- courier driver
- courier service driver
- courier van driver
- dairy route salesman/womandairy route salesman, dairy route saleswoman
- delivery driver
- delivery driver – parcels
- delivery driver, fast food
- delivery salesperson
- delivery truck driver
- deliveryman/woman, bakery
- driver salesman/womandriver salesman, driver saleswoman
- driver salesperson
- driver, courier service
- driver, fast food service
- driver, small vans
- drug store delivery driver
- dry cleaning driver
- expedite driver
- fast food delivery driver
- food delivery driver
- food service driver
- groceries deliverer
- laundry route driver
- mail service courier
- milk deliverer
- milkman/womanmilkman, milkwoman
- mobile canteen driver
- mobile caterer
- motorized mail courier
- newspaper delivery driver
- parts delivery driver
- pizza delivery driver
- route driver
- soft drink driver-salesman/womansoft drink driver-salesman, soft drink driver-saleswoman
- soft drinks driver
- takeout pizza driver
- telephone directory deliverer – courier service
- town messenger driver
- vending machine driver-supplier
Exclusions
- Couriers, messengers and door-to-door distributors (1513)
- Delivery truck helpers (See 7622 Railway and motor transport labourers)
- Dispatchers (1525)
- Drivers of heavy trucks (See 7511 Transport truck drivers)
- Garbage truck drivers (See 7522 Public works maintenance equipment operators and related workers)
- Supervisors of delivery drivers (See 7305 Supervisors, motor transport and other ground transit operators)