Code 14 Refrigerated Truck Driver

Long hours, clean record, safe arrival every time: that is what a coal haulage contractor in Sandton pays for. Bring a calm head on busy days and you'll be fine.

The site is in Sandton; early starts mean public transport timing matters, so check your route before applying.

• Check the load is secured, strapped or sealed before leaving the depot
• Check reefer temperatures and record them on cold-chain loads
• Carry out fuel stops with the fuel card and keep the slips
• Do a full pre-trip inspection: tyres, brakes, lights, couplings and fluids
• Keep the logbook and tachograph or telematics records up to date
• Complete border paperwork at Beitbridge, Lebombo or other posts
• Deliver to customers and get proof-of-delivery signed and stamped

• Passport for cross-border routes
• Clean driving record with no serious accidents
• Able to be away from home for several nights at a time
• Valid Code 14 (EC) licence
• Valid PrDP (G for goods, D for dangerous goods on tankers)

• Clean record on a telematics driving score
• Dangerous goods training certificate
• Knowledge of SADC border routes

• Provident fund and medical aid option
• Overnight and subsistence allowance on trips
• Monthly safe-driving and fuel-saving bonus
• Paid PrDP renewal

• Put your licence code, PrDP expiry date and years on Code 14 in the first three lines. Transport managers scan for those first.
• Be honest about accidents or fines. Companies check your driving record anyway and trust drivers who tell them upfront.