Code 14 Tautliner Driver (Long Distance)

Experienced Code 14 drivers are in short supply, and a cold-chain logistics fleet in Sandton is hiring. If you like clear targets and knowing where you stand, this is for you.

Home base is a cold-chain logistics fleet on the Sandton side of Gauteng.

• Check the load is secured, strapped or sealed before leaving the depot
• Follow hazchem rules, placards and emergency procedures on tanker loads
• Keep the logbook and tachograph or telematics records up to date
• Carry out fuel stops with the fuel card and keep the slips
• Check reefer temperatures and record them on cold-chain loads
• Drive planned routes and stop only at approved truck stops

• Clean driving record with no serious accidents
• Valid Code 14 (EC) licence
• Valid PrDP (G for goods, D for dangerous goods on tankers)
• At least 3 years on Code 14 trucks
• Clean criminal record

• Dangerous goods training certificate
• Experience on a specific trailer type (tanker, tipper, reefer)
• Clean record on a telematics driving score

• Overnight and subsistence allowance on trips
• Paid PrDP renewal
• Monthly safe-driving and fuel-saving bonus

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