Job description Vending Machine Driver-supplier in British Columbia
Find out what work is like for a vending machine driver-supplier in Canada. This work description is applicable to all Delivery and courier service drivers (NOC 75201).
Delivery service drivers and door-to-door distributors
Description
Delivery service drivers drive automobiles, vans and light trucks to pick up and deliver various products. Door-to-door distributors deliver items to residences and businesses. They are employed by dairies, drug stores, newspaper distributors, take-out food establishments, dry cleaners, mobile caterers and many other establishments, or they may be self-employed.
Work week duration
Delivery service drivers and door-to-door distributors usually work less than 35 hours per week.Job duties
Here are some of the main activities and tasks that Delivery service drivers and door-to-door distributors have to perform, and some of the physical demands they involve:
- Operate and drive automobiles, vans and light trucks to pick up and deliver various products, such as food, newspapers, magazines, bakery and dairy products, and items such as dry cleaning
- Deliver newspapers, flyers, handbills, telephone directories and similar items to residences and businesses
- Perform pre-trip and post-trip inspection of vehicle
- Plan delivery travel schedules and service routes
- Load and unload cargo, goods or merchandise
- Provide customer service by selling products, delivering over established routes and accepting or making payments for goods
- Record information on pick-ups and deliveries, vehicle mileage and fuel costs and report any incidents or problems encountered
- May scan and sort freight or cargo for delivery
- May assemble, install or set-up delivered goods or merchandise
- May communicate with central dispatch using mobile communications equipment.
Physical demands Help - Physical Demands
- Handling material manually
- Bending or twisting the body
- Making repetitive motions
- Sitting
Workplaces and employers
Here are the typical workplaces where Delivery service drivers and door-to-door distributors are employed and some of their main characteristics:
- Dairies
- Drug stores
- Dry cleaners
- Courier and messenger service companies
- Self-employed
- Mobile caterers
- Take-out food establishments
- Businesses and other establishments
- Newspapers distributors
Work environment Help - Physical Work Environment
- Outside, exposed to weather
- In an enclosed vehicle or equipment
- Indoors, environmentally controlled
- Extreme temperatures
- Indoors, not environmentally controlled
- Extremely bright or inadequate lighting
Physical proximity from others Help - Physical proximity from others
- Somewhat close (e.g. share office)
Related job titles
Here are some other related job titles that are found in the same occupational category (NOC 75201), and a list of similar occupations:
- bread deliverer
- canteen driver
- delivery driver
- door-to-door distributor
- driver salesperson
- dry cleaning driver
- flyer distributor
- newspaper carrier
- newspaper delivery driver
- pizza delivery driver
- vending machine driver-supplier
Sources Occupational and Skills Information System & National Occupational Classification
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