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Overview
Car and van delivery drivers transport goods and packages to planned destinations, load and unload items, handle packages correctly and follow route instructions.
In job descriptions, look for urban driving, delivery schedules, GPS tools, customer contact, fragile goods, receipt checks, vehicle appearance, delivery documentation, paperwork and handling of mail, parcels or furniture.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Delivery driving combines route planning, loading, driving and customer handover. Work can include sorting packages, checking receipts, using GPS, keeping the vehicle presentable, handling fragile goods and updating delivery documentation.
Skills and specializations
Useful skills include safe urban driving, reading traffic signals, choosing routes, prioritizing stops, communicating with customers, handling parcels carefully and keeping paperwork or digital records accurate.
Salary context
Salary context depends on route density, parcel weight, vehicle type, shift pattern, customer contact, documentation duties, fragile or furniture deliveries, and whether the driver maintains the vehicle between rounds.
Career paths
Development can move toward route coordination, courier team lead roles, dispatch support, fleet administration, customer-service delivery roles or specialized handling for fragile goods, mail or furniture.
Good to know
Read vacancies for vehicle type, route area, package size, lifting expectations, GPS or scanner use, customer contact, paperwork and schedule pressure. Clear adverts separate delivery driving from warehouse-only picking or long-haul transport.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 3
Driver/Sales Workers
53-3031.00
Exact relationship
The official mapping treats the O*NET and ESCO occupations as closely equivalent.
Open in O*NETCouriers and Messengers
43-5021.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
Open in O*NETLight Truck Drivers
53-3033.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
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Alternative labels
Occupation group
Car, taxi and van drivers (8322)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/0c408028-c48f-4df8-ba5d-c3d3be15f5a2 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 8322.2 |
| ISCO group | 8322 |
| Concept type | Occupation |