72024 Supervisors, motor transport and other ground transit operators

What this occupation covers

Supervisors of motor transport and other ground transit operators supervise and coordinate activities of truck drivers, bus drivers, delivery drivers, subway and other transit operators, chauffeurs and taxi and limousine drivers. This unit group also includes bus dispatchers who coordinate the activities of transit system bus drivers and subway traffic controllers who operate and monitor signal and track switch control panels. They are employed by motor transportation and ground transit companies and by urban transit systems.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 9 main duties for this code.

• Supervise, coordinate and schedule the activities of workers who operate trucks, buses, subway trains, light rail transit, street cars, taxis and other transport vehicles
• Establish methods to meet work schedules and coordinate work activities with other departments
• Resolve work problems and recommend measures to improve performance
• Requisition materials and supplies
• Train staff in job duties, safety procedures and company policies
• Recommend personnel actions such as hiring and promotions
• Dispatch bus drivers and monitor routes to ensure schedules are met and to resolve operating problems
• Monitor and operate signal and track switch control panel of subway systems
• Prepare work reports and budgets, and monitor expenditures.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 9 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 72023 Supervisors, railway transport operations
• 14404 Dispatchers
• 72604 Railway traffic controllers and marine traffic regulators

Excluded from this code

• Supervisors, railway transport operations (See 72023 Supervisors, railway transport operations)
• Taxi dispatcher (See 14404 Dispatchers)
• Train dispatcher (See 72604 Railway traffic controllers and marine traffic regulators)
• Truck dispatcher (See 14404 Dispatchers)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

bus dispatcher · bus drivers supervisor · bus inspector · bus inspector-dispatcher · chauffeurs and taxi drivers supervisor · chauffeurs supervisor · delivery drivers foreman/woman · delivery drivers supervisor · ground transit inspector - public transit · light rail transit (LRT) operators foreman/woman · light rail transit (LRT) operators supervisor · LRT (light rail transit) operators foreman/woman · LRT (light rail transit) operators supervisor · mobile canteen service supervisor · motor transport route foreman/woman · moving van drivers supervisor · school bus drivers supervisor · street railway and subway operators supervisor · street railway operators supervisor · streetcar and subway operators supervisor · streetcar operators supervisor · subway and street railway operators supervisor · subway and streetcar operators supervisor · subway controller

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• Several years of experience as a driver or operator of motor transport or ground transit equipment are usually required.