75201 Delivery service drivers and door-to-door distributors

What this occupation covers

Delivery service drivers drive automobiles, vans and light trucks to pick up and deliver various products. Door-to-door distributors deliver items to residences and businesses. They are employed by dairies, drug stores, newspaper distributors, take-out food establishments, dry cleaners, mobile caterers and many other establishments, or they may be self-employed.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 10 main duties for this code.

• Operate and drive automobiles, vans and light trucks to pick up and deliver various products, such as food, newspapers, magazines, bakery and dairy products, and items such as dry cleaning
• Deliver newspapers, flyers, handbills, telephone directories and similar items to residences and businesses
• Perform pre-trip and post-trip inspection of vehicle
• Plan delivery travel schedules and service routes
• Load and unload cargo, goods or merchandise
• Provide customer service by selling products, delivering over established routes and accepting or making payments for goods
• Record information on pick-ups and deliveries, vehicle mileage and fuel costs and report any incidents or problems encountered
• May scan and sort freight or cargo for delivery
• May assemble, install or set-up delivered goods or merchandise
• May communicate with central dispatch using mobile communications equipment.

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 10 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.

• 74102 Couriers and messengers
• 72024 Supervisors, motor transport and other ground transit operators
• 75211 Railway and motor transport labourers
• 14404 Dispatchers
• 74205 Public works maintenance equipment operators and related workers
• 73300 Transport truck drivers

Excluded from this code

• Couriers and messengers (See 74102 Couriers and messengers)
• Delivery drivers supervisor (See 72024 Supervisors, motor transport and other ground transit operators)
• Delivery truck helper (See 75211 Railway and motor transport labourers)
• Dispatchers (See 14404 Dispatchers)
• Garbage truck driver (See 74205 Public works maintenance equipment operators and related workers)
• Heavy truck driver (See 73300 Transport truck drivers)

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.

advertisement delivery person · advertising item delivery person · announcement deliverer · bakery deliveryman/woman · bakery route salesman/woman · bread deliverer · cannabis delivery driver · canteen driver · circular distributor · dairy route salesman/woman · delivery driver · delivery salesperson · delivery truck driver · door-to-door distributor · driver salesman/woman · driver salesperson · drug store delivery driver · dry cleaning driver · expedite driver · fast food delivery driver · flyer distributor · food delivery driver · food service driver · groceries deliverer

Employment requirements

• Some secondary school is usually required.
• A driver's licence appropriate to the class of vehicle being driven is required.
• One year of safe driving experience is usually required.
• On-the-job training may be provided.
• Eligibility for bonding and transportation of dangerous goods (TGD) certification may be required for delivery and courier drivers.