National
| Median wages (2008) |
$10.70 hourly, $22,260 annual |
| Employment (2006) |
445,000 employees |
| Projected growth (2006-2016) |
Decline slowly or moderately (-3% to -9%)
|
| Projected need (2006-2016) |
79,000 additional employees |
53-3031.00 - Driver/Sales Workers
Drive truck or other vehicle over established routes or within an established territory and sell goods, such as food products, including restaurant take-out items, or pick up and deliver items, such as laundry. May also take orders and collect payments. Includes newspaper delivery drivers.
Sample of reported job titles:
Territory Manager, Route Salesman, Driver, Truck Driver, Delivery Driver, Pizza Delivery Driver, Sales Route Driver
Tasks
- Collect money from customers, make change, and record transactions on customer receipts.
- Listen to and resolve customers' complaints regarding products or services.
- Inform regular customers of new products or services and price changes.
- Write customer orders and sales contracts according to company guidelines.
- Drive trucks to deliver such items as food, medical supplies, or newspapers.
- Collect coins from vending machines, refill machines, and remove aged merchandise.
- Call on prospective customers to explain company services or to solicit new business.
- Record sales or delivery information on daily sales or delivery record.
- Review lists of dealers, customers, or station drops and load trucks.
- Arrange merchandise and sales promotion displays or issue sales promotion materials to customers.
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Tools & Technology
Tools used in this occupation:
| Bar code reader equipment — Barcode scanners |
| Delivery trucks — Delivery vans; Propane delivery trucks |
| Dollies |
| Pallet trucks — Pallet movers |
| Personal computers |
| Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers — Handheld computers |
Technology used in this occupation:
| Inventory management software — Computer Directions Route Sales Tracker |
| Map creation software — GEOCOMtms A.Maze Planning; Route planning software |
| Project management software — bMobile Technology Route Manager; bMobile Technology Sales; Regulussoft Route Accounting 2004 PPC/Route Sales 2004 PPC; Soft Essentials Vending Essentials |
