Light Truck Drivers
Tasks Include:
- Obey traffic laws and follow established traffic and transportation procedures.
- Inspect and maintain vehicle supplies and equipment, such as gas, oil, water, tires, lights, or brakes, to ensure that vehicles are in proper working condition.
- Report any mechanical problems encountered with vehicles.
- Present bills and receipts and collect payments for goods delivered or loaded.
- Load and unload trucks, vans, or automobiles.
- Verify the contents of inventory loads against shipping papers.
- Maintain records, such as vehicle logs, records of cargo, or billing statements, in accordance with regulations.
- Read maps and follow written or verbal geographic directions.
- Drive vehicles with capacities under three tons to transport materials to and from specified destinations, such as railroad stations, plants, residences, offices, or within industrial yards.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +15.4%
National: +10.0%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Moderately High ($36,000 - $49,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$40,410.00
State
$38,170.00
Regional
Light Truck Drivers
Description
Career Cluster: | Transportation, Distribution, & Logistics |
Drive a light vehicle, such as a truck or van, with a capacity of less than 26,001 pounds Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW), primarily to pick up merchandise or packages from a distribution center and deliver. May load and unload vehicle.
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Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 73.97%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 24.59%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 1.17%
- Some College Courses = 0.27%
Related Work Experience
- None = 44.20%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 21.84%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 16.99%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 8.37%
- Up to and including 1 month = 7.91%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 0.41%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 0.27%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Up to and including 1 month = 51.93%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 33.78%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 6.38%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 5.13%
- None = 1.20%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 1.17%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 0.41%
On-the-Job Training
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 43.02%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 41.69%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 10.35%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 1.74%
- None or short demonstration = 1.61%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 1.57%
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Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Obey traffic laws and follow established traffic and transportation procedures.
- Inspect and maintain vehicle supplies and equipment, such as gas, oil, water, tires, lights, or brakes, to ensure that vehicles are in proper working condition.
- Report any mechanical problems encountered with vehicles.
- Present bills and receipts and collect payments for goods delivered or loaded.
- Load and unload trucks, vans, or automobiles.
- Verify the contents of inventory loads against shipping papers.
- Maintain records, such as vehicle logs, records of cargo, or billing statements, in accordance with regulations.
- Read maps and follow written or verbal geographic directions.
- Drive vehicles with capacities under three tons to transport materials to and from specified destinations, such as railroad stations, plants, residences, offices, or within industrial yards.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Turn in receipts and money received from deliveries.
- Report delays, accidents, or other traffic and transportation situations to bases or other vehicles, using telephones or mobile two-way radios.
- Drive trucks equipped with public address systems through city streets to broadcast announcements for advertising or publicity purposes.
- Use and maintain the tools or equipment found on commercial vehicles, such as weighing or measuring devices.
- Perform emergency repairs, such as changing tires or installing light bulbs, fuses, tire chains, or spark plugs.
- Sell products from truck inventory and keep records of sales.
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Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Portable data input terminals (Electronic clipboards)
- Forklifts
- Global positioning system receivers (Global positioning system GPS devices)
- Jacks
- Delivery trucks (Large goods vehicles LGV)
- Delivery trucks (Light trucks less than 3 tons)
- Personal computers
- Light trucks or sport utility vehicles (Pickup trucks)
- Location based messaging service platforms (Satellite linkup systems)
- Scanners
- Lifts (Truck lift gates)
- Two way radios
- Minivans or vans (Vans)
- Wheel chocks (Wheel blocks)
Technologies Include:
- Data base user interface and query software
- Recordkeeping software
- Industrial control software
- FreightDATA Software
- Package location and tracking software
- Vehicle location and tracking software
- Internet browser software
- Internet browser software
- Inventory management software
- Computerized inventory tracking software
- Route navigation software
- Automatic routing software
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Special Requirements
For More Information, Contact:
Virginia Department Of Motor Vehicles
P.O. Box 27412
Richmond, VA 23269
Phone: 866.368.5463
TTY: 800.272.9268
Fax: 804.367.6631
http://www.dmv.state.va.us/
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Additional Resources
Information on career opportunities in truckdriving may be obtained from:
American Trucking Associations, Inc.
2200 Mill Rd.
Alexandria, VA 22314
http://www.truckline.com
American Trucking Association Foundation
2200 Mill Rd.
Alexandria, VA 22314
The Professional Truck Driver Institute, a nonprofit organization established by the trucking industry, manufacturers, and others certifies truckdriver training courses meeting industry standards. A free list of certified tractor-trailer driver training courses may be obtained from:
Professional Truck Driver Institute
2200 Mill Rd.
Alexandria, VA 22314
http://www.ptdi.org
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Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
70.00 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
60.25 | Transportation | Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits. |
59.50 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
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Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
53.00 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
53.00 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
53.00 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
53.00 | Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
53.00 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
50.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
50.00 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
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Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
65.50 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
65.50 | Multilimb Coordination | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. |
62.50 | Spatial Orientation | The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you. |
56.25 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
56.25 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
53.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
53.00 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
53.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
53.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
53.00 | Stamina | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. |
53.00 | Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing. |
53.00 | Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
53.00 | Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
53.00 | Reaction Time | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. |
50.00 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
50.00 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
50.00 | Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
50.00 | Response Orientation | The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part. |
50.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
50.00 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
50.00 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
50.00 | Extent Flexibility | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
50.00 | Depth Perception | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. |
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Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
88.50 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
85.25 | Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment | Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft. |
84.75 | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |
84.00 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
80.25 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
77.75 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
68.75 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
68.50 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
67.75 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
67.50 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
66.25 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
65.50 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
64.50 | Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment | Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles. |
62.00 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
60.25 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
59.00 | Performing for or Working Directly with the Public | Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. |
58.75 | Communicating with People Outside the Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
57.50 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
57.00 | Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others | Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. |
56.25 | Assisting and Caring for Others | Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients. |
55.25 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
53.75 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
52.00 | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
52.00 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
51.75 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
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Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
81.25 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
81.00 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
79.25 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
74.75 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
71.50 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
68.75 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
68.75 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
65.75 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
60.00 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
59.50 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
57.00 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
54.25 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
53.50 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
53.00 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
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Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
61.17 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
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Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
92.20 | In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)? |
91.20 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
86.80 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
84.80 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
83.80 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
83.80 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
83.00 | Outdoors, Exposed to Weather | How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions? |
81.60 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
79.60 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
76.60 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
73.60 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
71.20 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
69.60 | Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures? |
69.40 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
69.40 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
68.60 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
66.80 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
66.80 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
66.20 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
65.40 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
62.60 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
61.80 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
61.60 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
61.60 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
61.20 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
61.00 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
60.80 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
60.00 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
56.40 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
56.20 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
55.20 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
54.20 | Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting | How often does this job require working in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions? |
53.40 | Degree of Automation | How automated is the job? |
52.00 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
51.60 | Outdoors, Under Cover | How often does this job require working outdoors, under cover (e.g., structure with roof but no walls)? |
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Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include orderlies, counter and rental clerks, customer service representatives, security guards, upholsterers, tellers, and dental laboratory technicians.
- Education
- These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $26,740.00 | $40,410.00 | $50,650.00 |
Virginia | $23,520.00 | $38,170.00 | $49,060.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | $35,374.87 | $47,012.83 | $58,383.37 |
Bay Consortium | $30,608.97 | $45,752.68 | $59,025.41 |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $27,036.62 | $39,585.10 | $51,478.01 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $24,882.60 | $37,943.05 | $51,080.50 |
Crater Area | $26,417.47 | $39,650.66 | $51,102.35 |
Greater Peninsula | $25,483.02 | $37,749.50 | $54,480.11 |
Hampton Roads | $27,173.98 | $37,319.73 | $48,733.97 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $26,476.78 | $37,887.90 | $52,703.82 |
Northern Virginia | $34,541.36 | $44,295.85 | $56,339.65 |
Piedmont Workforce | $26,329.02 | $38,325.99 | $52,227.23 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | $25,834.74 | $37,180.30 | $44,831.76 |
Southwestern Virginia | $24,232.23 | $31,782.75 | $36,502.87 |
West Piedmont | $26,104.25 | $36,743.25 | $52,141.90 |
Western Virginia | $27,062.63 | $39,774.49 | $54,534.22 |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
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Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 1,109,700 | 1,220,400 | +10.0% |
Virginia | 24,947 | 28,790 | +15.4% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | 1,019 | 1,234 | +21.1% |
Bay Consortium | 1,123 | 1,328 | +18.3% |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | 4,148 | 4,979 | +20.0% |
Central VA/Region2000 | 481 | 547 | +13.7% |
Crater Area | 575 | 606 | +5.4% |
Greater Peninsula | 965 | 1,094 | +13.4% |
Hampton Roads | 3,045 | 3,384 | +11.1% |
New River/Mt. Rogers | 920 | 1,047 | +13.8% |
Northern Virginia | 6,628 | 8,024 | +21.1% |
Piedmont Workforce | 726 | 822 | +13.2% |
Shenandoah Valley | 2,035 | 2,336 | +14.8% |
South Central | 333 | 350 | +5.1% |
Southwestern Virginia | 335 | 307 | -8.4% |
West Piedmont | 556 | 545 | -2.0% |
Western Virginia | 1,342 | 1,441 | +7.4% |
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Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Titles
- Baggageman
- Bulk Delivery Driver
- Car Escort
- Courier
- Deliverer
- Delivery Driver
- Delivery Person
- Directory Carrier
- Distributor of Directories
- Distributor Operator
- Dock Person
- Driver
- Errand Runner
- Escort Vehicle Driver
- Explosives Truck Driver
- Food Service Agent
- Food Service Driver
- Grocery Worker
- Liquid Fertilizer Servicer
- Local Truck Driver
- Mail Messenger Contractor
- Order Runner
- Order Worker
- Package Car Driver
- Package Delivery Driver
- Parcel Post Truck Driver
- Parts Driver
- Parts Runner
- Pharmacy Delivery Driver
- Pick Up Driver
- Pick Up Truck Driver
- Route Deliverer
- Route Delivery Service Driver
- Route Driver
- Route Rider
- Routeman
- Run Driver
- Runner
- Service Car Driver
- Service Provider
- Servicer
- Special Delivery Worker
- Telephone Directory Distributor Driver
- Truck Driver
- UPS Driver (United Parcel Service Driver)
- Utility Driver
- Van Driver
- Wagon Person
- Warehouse Driver
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Light Truck Drivers
Related Schools
- Advanced Technology Institute
- Centura College-Newport News
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)