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Light Truck Driver

Light Truck Driver

  • Enjoy the freedom of the open road while delivering essential goods.
  • Connect communities by ensuring timely delivery of packages and merchandise.
  • Navigate diverse routes and explore new places every day.
💰 Earn $38K-$52K
📚 High School Diploma or GED

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.

Scoop

Minimum Education

High School Diploma or GED

Career Prospects

Excellent (Increasing by 5% or more)

Training Time

6 months to 1 year

Job Openings

125,600 in Total

Earnings

$43,850 Med. in CA

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Day-to-Day

  • Obey traffic laws and follow established traffic and transportation procedures.
  • Turn in receipts and money received from deliveries.
  • Read maps and follow written or verbal geographic directions.
  • Verify the contents of inventory loads against shipping papers.
  • Load and unload trucks, vans, or automobiles.

Best For You If...

YOU Like 💕

  • Using data or completing tasks
  • Working with my hands

You are skilled in 💫

  • Active Listening
  • Speaking
  • Critical Thinking
  • Operations Monitoring
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Quality Control Analysis

You value 🙏

  • Having support
  • Job security
  • Support
  • Independence
  • Working Conditions
  • Having freedom

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