At a Glance
- Tasks: Keep the depot organised, assist with loading, and learn driving skills.
- Company: Family-owned transport business in North Queensland.
- Benefits: $35/hour, guaranteed 40 hours/week, plus paid breaks.
- Other info: Structured pathway to a professional driving career with growth potential.
- Why this job: Kickstart your driving career with hands-on training and real opportunities.
- Qualifications: Current Queensland driver licence and a passion for driving.
The predicted salary is between 1400 - 1400 $ per month.
Start your driving career the right way — hands-on training, a real pathway, and a team that will back you.
About the Role
- Keep the depot, trucks, trailers and equipment clean, organised and ready for safe work
- Assist with loading and unloading, preloading trailers, and trailer audits under guidance
- Progress through structured on-the-job training toward your heavy vehicle licence
- Travel with the Leading Hand and experienced drivers to learn preloads and job preparation
- Build real depot and driving skills from day one
Essential Requirements
- Current Queensland driver licence, with eligibility to progress to a heavy vehicle licence
- Reliable, safety-focused and genuinely keen to build a driving career
- Physically fit for active, outdoor depot work
- Australian working rights
Desirable (or willingness to obtain)
- Forklift and loader licence
- White Card and load-restraint training
What We Offer
- $35.00 flat rate per hour
- Guaranteed 40 hours per week + 2 x 30-minute paid breaks daily
- A genuine, structured pathway into a professional driving career
- Hands-on training and coaching from experienced Leading Hands and drivers
- Join a growing, family-owned North Queensland transport business
- After 12 Months You Will Have
- Certificate III in Driving Operations
- LF/Forklift licence & experience unloading general freight material
- Loader ticket & experience unloading general freight material
- Stocktaking and stock control management experience
- High-level load restraint experience — roofing iron, steel & mesh, trusses, power poles, general freight
- Experience with cranes, and truck & trailer lengths, widths and weights
- NHVR compliance exposure — fatigue, mass, maintenance
- A real opportunity to move into HR Crane truck driving
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