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Driver/Sales Worker

  • Enjoy the open road while delivering essential goods and services to your community.
  • Connect with customers, providing them with new products and personalized service.
  • Experience the dynamic blend of driving and sales in a fast-paced, rewarding role.
💰 Earn $35K-$54K
📚 High School Diploma or GED
⏱️ 6–12 MONTH TRAINING
📈 9.2% JOB GROWTH
Driver/Sales Worker
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What You’ll Do

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.

  • 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.

Scoop

Minimum Education

High School Diploma or GED

Career Prospects

Excellent (Increasing by 5% or more)

Training Time

6 months to 1 year

Job Openings

58,100 Annually

Median Earnings

$41,670 in California
$35,420 Nationally

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Best For You If...

YOU Like 💕

  • Influencing or leading others
  • Working with my hands

You are skilled in 💫

  • Active Listening
  • Critical Thinking
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Speaking
  • Writing

You value 🙏

  • Having support
  • Having freedom
  • Personal relationships

Deep Dive

Driver/Sales Worker

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Pathways to this Career

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Strategic Employment
Strategic employment provides individuals with valuable work experience, opportunities for professional growth and networking, and exposure to an industry where they may want to pursue advancement.
🎓 Paid Work
⏱️ FINISH IN 1-3 years
Vocational School
A vocational school typically equips students with specialized skills and practical training in specific trades or occupations, enhancing their employability and providing direct pathways to relevant careers.
🎓 Skills-Focused
⏱️ FINISH IN 6 months - 2 years
Workforce Development Program
A workforce development program typically enhances participants' opportunities to succeed in the workforce through employment skill-building, career counseling, connections to employers, and pathways to high-demand and high-wage jobs.
🎓 Skills-Focused
⏱️ FINISH IN 6 months - 2 years
Apprenticeship
An apprenticeship typically offers a combination of hands-on training and classroom instruction, leading to practical skills, industry-specific knowledge, and the potential for long-term employment in a specific trade or profession.
🎓 Paid Work
⏱️ FINISH IN 2-5 years

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