Driver/Sales Workers

What the job really is

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.

At a glance

• Sector: Transportation & Material Moving
• O*NET-SOC code: 53-3031
• O*NET job zone: 2 — some preparation
• Work sample tasks on file: 11
• Tools and technologies listed: 12

What you actually do

Work sample tasks recorded for this occupation:

• 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.
• Arrange merchandise and sales promotion displays or issue sales promotion materials to customers.
• Collect coins from vending machines, refill machines, and remove aged merchandise.
• Write customer orders and sales contracts according to company guidelines.
• Review lists of dealers, customers, or station drops and load trucks.
• Sell food specialties, such as sandwiches and beverages, to office workers and patrons of sports events.

Tools and technology

Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Barcode scanners, Computer Directions Route Sales Tracker, Delivery trucks, Delivery vans, Dollies, GEOCOMtms A.Maze Planning, Handheld computers, IBM Domino, Laser facsimile machines, Laser printers

What employers expect you to already be comfortable with.

Where this job leads

Related occupations — the usual moves up and sideways:

• Light Truck Drivers
• Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
• Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers
• Counter and Rental Clerks
• Couriers and Messengers
• Stockers and Order Fillers
• Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products
• Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

Getting in

O*NET assigns this occupation job zone 2 (some preparation). The related occupations above are the realistic routes in and out.

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