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Delivery van drivers collect parcels from a warehouse and deliver them to customers.
You could work: evenings / weekends / bank holidays; away from home
In this role you could:
You may need to wear a uniform.
You could work from a vehicle.
You can get into this job through an apprenticeship or by applying directly.
You could do an express delivery operative intermediate apprenticeship or an urban driver intermediate apprenticeship.
These apprenticeships take at least 1 year to complete.
You'll usually need:
You could apply directly to work as a delivery driver.
Employers will expect you to have:
You'll need to:
You'll find it useful to have experience in storage, working in a warehouse or other driving work.
You can find out more about working in logistics from Generation Logistics.
With experience you could:become a delivery coordinator and manage a team of delivery drivers; use your driving skills to work in other types of transport; do training to become a large goods vehicle driver and work in freight transport; get a Security Industry Association license and do specialist training to drive and deliver cash and high value items