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What are the different types of truck driving jobs?

Truck driver jobs are generally distinguishable by the vehicle classification on a driver’s licence. Common licence classifications include Multi-Combination (MC), Heavy-Combination (HC) and Heavy-Rigid (HR). In the agriculture industry, candidates can use these licences to secure truck driver jobs wherever there are goods requiring transport. This covers a broad range of farming facilities, including orchards, cotton gins, food processing facilities, abattoirs, storage facilities, feedlots and depots. Roles in these facilities are commonly available to road train drivers, livestock haulage drivers, tipper drivers, feed truck drivers, and truck and dog drivers.

What does a day in the life of a truck driver look like?

Truck driver jobs often run according to a roster, which makes them attractive to those who seek flexibility in their working lives. The working days will also suit people who enjoy routine. On an average day, a truck driver’s routine will begin at the depot where they check the run-sheet and ensure that the truck is loaded correctly.

At the end of each run, drivers must complete a run sheet and record the time and distance travelled in the truck logbook. They must make sure all deliveries have been signed off, return to the depot, and perform basic servicing and cleaning duties. There are rosters to suit all lifestyles and plenty of work in outer-metro areas where it is cheaper to rent.

What are the roles and responsibilities of a truck driver?

In the agriculture industry, truck driver jobs vary depending on load types and logistical requirements. Truck drivers transport all manner of farming essentials, including livestock, frozen goods, grains, fertiliser, saw dust, cotton, hay bales, containers, feed, machinery, fuel, general freight and dangerous goods. Location and distance also impact the nature of the work, whether drivers are making local trips or interstate transfers that may involve a handover of goods to another driver.

In some cases, drivers are also required to load products into trucks or storage areas using palette jackers or forklifts.

What can a truck driver expect to earn?

Truck drivers can be paid by the hour, by the kilometre or in accordance with a predetermined trip rate, with the best structure depending on the location and type of work. An hourly rate can be beneficial in metro areas where traffic increases drive time, whereas a payment per kilometre is typically more lucrative for rural drivers who drive long distances.

Depending on their pay structure, truck drivers can also receive overtime and additional payments such as overnight allowances and living away from home allowances (LAFHA).

What does the road ahead look like for truck drivers?

When you’re sitting in the drivers’ seat, there are plenty of opportunities for progression – particularly for those who are willing and able to secure new licence classes. Truck drivers often begin their journey as offsiders before securing medium rigid, heavy rigid and heavy-combination licences and finally becoming road train or linehaul drivers.

Where does Agri Talent provide truck driver roles?

Agri Talent recruits for MC truck driver jobs and road train driver jobs across Australia, with a particular focus on outer-metro suburbs in major cities and large regional towns in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.