Code 14 Flatdeck Driver (Steel Loads)

You'll move heavy loads between Sasolburg and depots across the country for a coal haulage contractor. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

The site is in Sasolburg; early starts mean public transport timing matters, so check your route before applying. The first two weeks are spent shadowing someone experienced.

• Do a full pre-trip inspection: tyres, brakes, lights, couplings and fluids
• Log driving hours and take the required rest breaks
• Check the load is secured, strapped or sealed before leaving the depot
• Report breakdowns, delays and incidents to the controller immediately
• Drive planned routes and stop only at approved truck stops
• Check reefer temperatures and record them on cold-chain loads

• Valid Code 14 (EC) licence
• Passport for cross-border routes
• Able to be away from home for several nights at a time
• Valid PrDP (G for goods, D for dangerous goods on tankers)

• Dangerous goods training certificate
• Experience on a specific trailer type (tanker, tipper, reefer)

• Overnight and subsistence allowance on trips
• Monthly safe-driving and fuel-saving bonus
• Well-maintained trucks with sleeper cabs
• Provident fund and medical aid option

• Put your licence code, PrDP expiry date and years on Code 14 in the first three lines. Transport managers scan for those first.
• List the trailer types and routes you have done, for example "tautliner, JHB to Durban, 4 years".