Code 14 Refrigerated Truck Driver

The road is your office with a cross-border transport company based in Welkom, and the load gets there because of you. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

You'll be based at a cross-border transport company in Welkom. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps.

• Log driving hours and take the required rest breaks
• Deliver to customers and get proof-of-delivery signed and stamped
• Check reefer temperatures and record them on cold-chain loads
• Follow hazchem rules, placards and emergency procedures on tanker loads
• Keep the cab clean and report defects at the end of each trip
• Report breakdowns, delays and incidents to the controller immediately
• Check the load is secured, strapped or sealed before leaving the depot

• Valid PrDP (G for goods, D for dangerous goods on tankers)
• Clean driving record with no serious accidents
• Medically fit, including eyesight
• Able to be away from home for several nights at a time

• Knowledge of SADC border routes
• Dangerous goods training certificate

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

• Expect a driving test with a real truck. Arrive rested and do your pre-trip check out loud so the assessor sees it.
• Put your licence code, PrDP expiry date and years on Code 14 in the first three lines. Transport managers scan for those first.