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Delivery Driver (Van or Car - Light Items)

732111 · Light
Career data Close match

Delivery drivers collect and deliver products and materials like food, laundry and freight to homes and businesses. They may take orders, collect payments, and load goods.

Most common salary $50k – $71k
Upper salary up to $88k
Training No specific training
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$57k – $92k
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Description

Drives a van or car to deliver light items (e.g. takeaway food, flowers, medical samples).

Typical work tasks

  • Determines the destinations of goods and most appropriate delivery routes; manoeuvres vehicles into position for loading and unloading; assists with loading to ensure goods are arranged for ease of delivery and safely secured to avoid damage; verifies loading documents; arranges and performs unloading operations and obtains certification of deliveries; reports vehicle maintenance needs; may receive payments for deliveries and arrange accounts.

Typical work environment

  • Works inside and outside vehicles, driving, loading and unloading.
  • Works in all weather and traffic conditions.

Typical physical and mental demands

  • Light physical demand levels.
  • Driving is a frequent to constant requirement.
  • Frequent repetitive hand, arm and leg and foot movements are required for the operation of van or car controls.
  • Uses upper limbs, feet and body to stretch down and across to operate controls and to place and retrieve items from load compartments.
  • May squat, crouch or kneel occasionally when loading or unloading vehicles and checking off loads.
  • Twists body or neck when reversing vehicles and for some loading and unloading activities.
  • Frequently required to lift and carry
  • Bends frequently to facilitate loading and unloading.
  • Sits in a vehicle operating a cab frequently and walks or runs frequently to deliver parcels/goods.
  • May climb up a step to enter and to exit a van cab.
  • Hand tools or equipment such as pens or electronic slates may be used to complete pick-up and delivery documentation requirements, and may be occasionally used if maintaining or cleaning the vehicle.
  • Significant contact with water or skin irritants does not occur.
  • Mental skills necessary include practical, organisational, record-keeping and decision-making skills.
Entry signal Reviewed

Enter via a short course or licence (days to weeks). A licence or registration is legally required.

Entry barrier Short course or licence
Licence / registration Licence/registration required
ANZSCO skill level 4
Next-day ready No

How this was determined (model-generated): Class 1 licence is the core ticket; D endorsement incidental. Proposal correct.

Entry Requirements

  • A current Class 1 Driver's Licence is required (ANZSCO Skill Level 4). Some employers will also prefer or require a Dangerous Goods (D) Driver’s Licence Endorsement.

Further Comments

  • There are opportunities for flexibility of movement but they are limited.