Overview & Salary
Overview
Drive truck or other vehicle over established routes or within an established territory and sell or deliver goods, such as food products, including restaurant take-out items, or pick up or deliver items such as commercial laundry. May also take orders, collect payment, or stock merchandise at point of delivery.
On the job, you would:
- Drive trucks to deliver such items as food, medical supplies, or newspapers.
- Inform regular customers of new products or services and price changes.
- Record sales or delivery information on daily sales or delivery record.
Education
- high school diploma/GED
- no high school diploma/GED
Salary
Annual 10th percentile $20,800
Annual median $35,420
Annual 90th percentile $61,080
Knowledge & Skills
Knowledge
Business
- customer service
- management
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
- food production
Arts and Humanities
- English language
Transportation
- movement of people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road
Skills
Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- talking to others
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Personality & Abilities
Personality
Realistic
People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
- Dependability
- Integrity
- Cooperation
- Stress Tolerance
- Self Control
- Adaptability/Flexibility
Abilities
Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Hand and Finger Use
- keep your arm or hand steady
- put together small parts with your fingers