Transport and driving
Taxi Driver
$18.25 to $35.48 hourly
Pay is above the B.C. median for this work ($20.77 an hour; Job Bank, 2023–2024)
What the posting asks for
Job Bank's data for this posting doesn't list requirements. The full ad is on Job Bank.
Hours and terms
- Full time, Casual employment
Usually needed for this kind of work
- Some secondary school education is usually required.
- A minimum of one year of safe driving experience is usually required.
- Taxi and limousine drivers require good knowledge of the geographical area to be covered and may have to pass written street/building location and safety examinations.
- Taxi drivers usually require a municipal permit.
- First aid certification may be required.
From Canada's occupation guide (OaSIS) for Taxi and limousine drivers (NOC 75200). It describes this kind of work in general, not this employer's ad.
What this work usually involves
- Pick up passengers and drive them to destinations in taxicabs or limousines
- Help passengers with luggage and with boarding and exiting vehicles and assist passengers with special needs
- Collect flat-rate or taximeter fares
- Maintain travel logs and record cash and credit transactions
- Maintain contact with taxi dispatch unit
- Clean and make minor repairs to vehicle or take vehicle for servicing
Job Bank's search for this title and town usually shows this ad first.
From Job Bank.
