Overview & Salary

Overview

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.

On the job, you would:

  • Obey traffic laws and follow established traffic and transportation procedures.
  • Report any mechanical problems encountered with vehicles.
  • Verify the contents of inventory loads against shipping papers.

Education

  • high school diploma/GED
  • no high school diploma/GED

Salary

Annual 10th percentile $28,070
Annual median $42,470
Annual 90th percentile $75,090

Knowledge & Skills

Knowledge

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Business

  • customer service

Transportation

  • movement of people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road

Skills

Basic Skills

  • keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions

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.

  • Attention to Detail
  • Self Control
  • Dependability
  • Integrity
  • Stress Tolerance
  • Cooperation

Abilities

Spatial

  • know where things are around you

Controlled Movement

  • use your arms and/or legs together while sitting, standing, or lying down
  • quickly change the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat

Endurance

  • exercise for a long time without getting out of breath

Verbal

  • communicate by speaking
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