DELIVERY DRIVER

Deliveries are made every day in your town. You probably don't realize just how many vehicles pass you by on their way to provide someone with a good or service. A delivery vehicle drops off the morning newspaper at your home; another brings oil or natural gas to keep you warm; at night your take-out dinner is brought by a delivery driver. In between, dozens of other delivery drivers crisscross every town and city in America doing their jobs.

These jobs are a cross between messenger drivers and truck drivers. Like messenger drivers, delivery drivers must know a specific region and manage to get deliveries to their destinations in a timely and safe manner. Like truck drivers, delivery drivers have to not only drive but likely load and unload the vehicle, which could contain anything from a lightweight pizza box to heavy furniture.

Outlook

Given how many different delivery jobs exist, and that they are all hourly jobs, there is a reasonable amount of turnover in the delivery business. If you prefer the solitary drive, the familiarity of a single region, and the added responsibility, then this may be the driving career for you.

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ASSOCIATIONS

Most delivery drivers do not benefit from lobbying organizations, but they may be eligible to join some of the other driver-oriented associations listed throughout this book. Please check each one.