Driver, Taxi

**Tasks**:

- Clean and make minor repairs to vehicle
- Pick up passengers and drive them to destinations
- Assist passengers with luggage and in boarding vehicles
- Collect fare
- Assist clients/guests with special needs
- Record transactions
- Provide pick up and delivery services on request
- Operate dispatch systems
- Operate two-way radios

**Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- Class 5/5F/G Licence (cars, small trucks and other 2-axle vehicles)
- Taxicab driver certification
- Chauffeur's license
- Driver's License

**Security and safety**:

- Criminal record check
- Driver's validity licence check
- Driving record check (abstract)

**Transportation/travel information**:

- Valid driver's licence
- Vehicle supplied by employer

**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- 20/20 vision
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Sound discrimination
- Sitting

**Own tools/equipment**:

- Cellular phone

**Personal suitability**:

- Client focus
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability

**Workplace information**:

- On the road job

**Screening questions**:

- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?

**Financial benefits**:

- Commission

**Other benefits**:

- Learning/training paid by employer
- On-site amenities
- On-site housing options