Entry Level Qualification 

8

Career Fields 

Hospitality, Tourism & Transport Services

For Specially Abled 

Career Entrance Exam 

No Entrance Exam

About Career 

As a Driver, you will be driving one or more types of automotive vehicles depending upon what kind of driving license you have. You may drive personal cars owned by your employer; drive taxis and cabs under a cab service operator or individually owned; drive auto, drive light goods carriers (small vans, pick-up trucks, etc.); drive heavy motor vehicles for goods transport (such as trucks) or heavy passenger motor vehicles (buses); heavy transport vehicles (large trucks with multiple wheels, large sized buses such as Volvo), etc.

Your tasks will vary depending upon what kind of a vehicle you are driving. If you are a driver for a personal car, your work will involve picking up and dropping your employer to a destination, keeping the car clear, checking the mechanical aspects of the car, getting the car maintained, etc. If you are a goods transport vehicle driver, you will be driving light goods carrier (like tempo vans or small trucks), trucks, etc. to load and deliver goods to different destinations. If you are a cab driver, you will be picking up and dropping passengers at different destinations.

Key Roles And Responsibilities

As a Driver, you will be performing all or some of the following roles and responsibilities:

1. You need to check that the vehicle is meeting the basic legal and compliance requirements or not.

2. You will be checking the service record of the vehicle or the immediate need for services.

3. You need to ensure that all the basic technical checks have been carried out as per the standard guidelines.

4. You will be checking the availability of fuel for the vehicle.

5. You will be collecting money from customers, making changes, and recording transactions of customer receipts.

6. You will be reporting actual or possible defects of the vehicle to the senior or service supervisor.

7. Driver trucks for delivering various types of items such as food, medical supplies, etc.

8. Maintain trucks and food-dispensing equipment and ensure that the machines that dispense food or beverages are clean.

Career Entry Pathway 

Class 8 in school – Obtain training in driving from any private or government training center – Avail a Driving License

After completing class 8 in school, you need to obtain training in driving from any private or government training center. You need to be 18 years of age (minimum of 20 years in some states) before applying for a driving license. You can apply for a license either online or offline with a Regional Transport Officer at the Public Vehicle Department office of any State. Depending upon what kind of a vehicle you want, you apply for any of the following licenses: LMV (Light motor vehicles which include cars, jeeps, taxis, small delivery vans, etc.) LMV-TR (Light motor vehicles which include light goods carriers) MGV (for medium-sized goods vehicle) HMV (Heavy motor vehicles such as trucks) HGMV (Heavy good motor vehicles such as trucks having large carrying capacities such as trucks with 24/36/48 wheels) HTV or HPMV (Heavy transport vehicles or heavy passenger motor vehicles such as passenger transport buses).

Required Qualification & Competencies 

After your class 8 in school, you can obtain training in driving from any private or government training center and then avail a Driving License.
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Competencies Required

1. Realistic - You should have interests for Realistic Occupations. Realistic occupations involve more practical and hands-on activities than paperwork or office work. Realistic occupations often involve physical activities for getting things done using various tools and equipment.

2. Enterprising - You should have interests for Enterprising Occupations. Enterprising occupations involve taking initiatives, initiating actions, and planning to achieve goals, often business goals. These involve gathering resources and leading people to get things done. These require decision making, risk-taking, and action orientation.

3. Physical Stamina - The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath.

4. Transportation - Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, river, or road, or otherwise, including the relative costs and benefits.

5. Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, understanding the points being made by others, asking questions, etc.

6. Service Orientation - Skills in or a keen interest to help and assist people.

Career - Job Opportunities & Profiles 

After your class 8 in school, you can obtain training in driving from any private or government training center and then avail a Driving License.

After obtaining training in driving, you may get various job opportunities with the following types of employers:

1. Individual Car Owners

2. Individual Taxi Owners

3. Companies which own their own cars

4. Cab companies and online cab aggregators like Uber, Ola, Meru, City Cool Cab, etc.

5. Goods or Courier Transport Companies like Aegis Logistics Ltd., Agarwal Packers and Movers Ltd., Transport Corporation Of India Ltd, Container Corporation of India Ltd. (CONCOR), Blue Dart Express Ltd., FedEx Express, DHL Express India Pvt.

6. Passenger Transport Companies like Paulo Travels, SRS Travels, Hans Travels, Neeta Travels Company, Shrinath Travels Company etc.

Career Growth

1. At the beginning of your career, you may earn about Rs. 7,000 – 8,000 per month.

2. With 3-4 years of experience, you may earn about Rs. 8,000-30,000 or even more per month.

3. With 5-10 years of experience, depending upon what kind of a vehicle you are driving and the owner or company who employs you, you may earn about Rs. 12,000 – 80,000 or even more per month.

4. You can grow from a cab/taxi driver or light transport vehicle driver into heavy truck or bus drivers by acquiring requisite licenses. Earnings of truck/bus drivers or other heavy vehicle drivers are much more than the cab/taxi drivers. But this also depends upon many factors such as in which city you are driving. In Delhi, Mumbai, and Bangalore, a cab driver can earn more than a bus driver.

5. You can also move up in terms of the kind of car you are driving. For example, if you are driving a Suzuki Wagon R, your earning will be much lesser than a driver who is driving a BMW or a Mercedes Benz. Similarly, a driver who drives a Volvo bus earns more than a driver who drives a local transport bus.

Salary Offered  

1. At the beginning of your career, you may earn about Rs. 7,000 – 8,000 per month.

2. With 3-4 years of experience, you may earn about Rs. 8,000-30,000 or even more per month.

3. With 5-10 years of experience, depending upon what kind of a vehicle you are driving and the owner or company who employs you, you may earn about Rs. 12,000 – 80,000 or even more per month.

Monthly Earnings In Indian Rupee

1. Entry level: 0 - 2 years of work experience

2. Junior Level: From 1 to 12 years of work experience

3. Mid Level: From 5 to 20+ years of work experience

4. Senior Level: From 10 to 25+ years of work experience (there could be exceptions in some high-end technical, financial, engineering, creative, management, sports, and other careers; also in the near future, people will reach these levels much faster in many careers and in some careers, these levels will have no meaning as those careers will be completely tech skill driven such as even now, there is almost no level in a Cyber Security Expert’s job) 

Famous Personalities 

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Work Activities 

As a Driver, you will be involved in some or all the following activities:

1. Operating vehicles, mechanized devices, or other movable devices - Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft.

2. Working directly with people - Working directly with people to offer them products and services and assisting, etc.

3. Performing physical activities -    Performing physical activities that require the use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.

4. Communicating with customers