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Driver/Sales Workers

  • Bright Outlook
  • Rapid Growth

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.

What you’d do

  • 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.
  • Listen to and resolve customers' complaints regarding products or services.
  • Collect money from customers, make change, and record transactions on customer receipts.
  • Maintain trucks and food-dispensing equipment and clean inside of machines that dispense food or beverages.

Skills that matter

  • Active Listening
  • Speaking
  • Critical Thinking
  • Service Orientation
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Reading Comprehension

How to get there

Little to some preparation: usually a high school diploma or GED, though some jobs do not need one

Also called

  • Driver
  • Driver Salesman
  • Route Driver
  • Route Salesman
  • Delivery Man
  • Pizza Delivery Driver

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