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Light Truck Drivers

$40.41K Median Salary 128.3K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 9.8% Job Growth

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About This Career

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.

Reported Job Titles

Bulk Delivery Driver, Delivery Driver, Driver, Light Truck Driver, Package Car Driver, Package Delivery Driver, Route Driver, Service Provider, Truck Driver, Warehouse Driver

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Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Far Vision

Multilimb Coordination

Spatial Orientation

Near Vision

Problem Sensitivity

Control Precision

Deductive Reasoning

Manual Dexterity

Oral Comprehension

Oral Expression

Reaction Time

Stamina

Static Strength

Trunk Strength

Depth Perception

Extent Flexibility

Inductive Reasoning

Information Ordering

Perceptual Speed

Response Orientation

Speech Clarity

Speech Recognition

Written Comprehension

Knowledge

English Language

Customer and Personal Service

Transportation

Skills

Active Listening

Monitoring

Operation and Control

Reading Comprehension

Speaking

Critical Thinking

Time Management

Technology Skills

Spreadsheet software

Desktop communications software

Industrial control software

Inventory management software

Communications server software

Office suite software

Operating system software

Route navigation software

Data base user interface and query software

Internet browser software

Tools

Delivery trucks

Portable data input terminals

Global positioning system GPS receiver

Location based messaging service platforms

Forklifts

Lifts

Minivans or vans

Two way radios

Light trucks or sport utility vehicles

Personal computers

Wheel chocks

Scanners

Jacks

Abilities

Far Vision: The ability to see details at a distance.
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.
Spatial Orientation: The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you.
Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
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.
Control Precision: The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
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.
Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Reaction Time: The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.
Stamina: The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath.
Static Strength: The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
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.
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.
Extent Flexibility: The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
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).
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.
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.
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

Knowledge

English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
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.
Transportation: Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.

Skills

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.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Operation and Control: Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.

Technology Skills

Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Desktop communications software: Edmodo
Industrial control software: Industrial Scientific iNET; QuestSuite Professional
Inventory management software: Assisi Software Assisi Inventory
Communications server software: IBM Domino
Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Operating system software: Microsoft Windows
Route navigation software: Navzilla
Data base user interface and query software: Blackboard software; Database software; Microsoft Access; Yardi software
Internet browser software: Web browser software

Tools

Delivery trucks: Heavy trucks; Transport trucks
Portable data input terminals: Data acquisition equipment; Data loggers
Global positioning system GPS receiver: Global positioning system GPS receivers
Location based messaging service platforms: Wireless communication and satellite positioning tools
Forklifts:
Lifts: Power lifts
Minivans or vans: Work vans
Two way radios:
Light trucks or sport utility vehicles: Utility trucks
Personal computers:
Wheel chocks:
Scanners: Data input scanners
Jacks: Hydraulic jacks

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