Transport Truck Drivers
Job description
These individuals drive heavy goods or material transport trucks. This group includes drivers of special purpose trucks and shunting tractors. Transport Truck Drivers work on their own, for various companies (transport, distribution, moving, etc.), or for trucking employment service agencies.
Environment
- Vehicle or passenger compartment
- Hazardous chemical
- Noise
- Vibration
Main tasks
Long-Distance Truck Drivers
- Drive trucks to transport goods over long distances.
- Plan travel logistics and obtain documentation required to transport goods (e.g. hazardous materials).
- Inspect truck systems, equipment, and accessories (tires, lights, refrigerated compartments, etc.).
- Make sure the cargo is securely stowed.
- Obtain special licences to carry cargo on international routes.
- Apply transportation contracts and maintain logbooks that reflect hours of service and distances travelled.
- Work with dispatchers, other truckers, and customers.
- Perform emergency repairs, as required.
Heavy-Transport and Local Truck Drivers
- Drive trucks to transport goods and merchandise over short distances.
- Inspect trucks to verify the condition of equipment and the loading and unloading of cargo.
- May drive special purpose trucks (e.g. tow trucks).
Advancement and mobility
- Additional experience or training leads to supervisory, training, safety, or dispatch positions.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.- Minimum
- $19.23
- Median
- $25.00
- Maximum
- $33.33
Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
Very good
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
106,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 5.6% Female
- 94.4% Male
Not available.
- 5.6% Female
- 94.4% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
$51,200
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 48, 4956% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 457% of jobs
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NAICS 237% of jobs
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NAICS 416% of jobs
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NAICS 726% of jobs
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Others18% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 48, 4956% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 457% of jobs
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NAICS 237% of jobs
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NAICS 416% of jobs
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NAICS 726% of jobs
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Others18% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
Secondary
DVS in transport par camion
Code : 5291
Placement rate: 88%
6.1% of graduates pursue further studies
DVS in trucking
Code : 5791
Placement rate: 73.6%
6.3% of graduates pursue further studies
Also required
- Class 3 or D driver's licence required for straight truck drivers.
- Class 1 or A driver's licence required for drivers of extended articulated trucks.
- Air brake endorsement (Z) required for drivers of vehicles equipped with air brakes.
- Dangerous goods certificate for transporting dangerous substances or goods.
Sometimes required
- Additional mention or certification sometimes required to drive articulated trucks.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Operations and control
- Monitoring operations
- Information processing
- Time management
- Reading comprehension
- Troubleshooting
- Result evaluation
- Oral expression
- Critical thought
Abilities
- Control accuracy
- Distance vision
- Limb coordination
- Response orientation
- Reaction time
- Near vision
- Speed control
- Spatial orientation
- Depth perception
- Awareness of issues
- Selective attention
- Manual dexterity
- Information organization
- Deductive reasoning
- Hand-arm stability
- Speech clarity
- Classification
- Oral comprehension
- Static muscle power
- Inductive reasoning
- Hearing sensitivity
- Night vision
- Peripheral vision
- Visualization
Knowledge and attributes
- Focussed on results
- Autonomy
- Commitment
- Rigour
- Tolerance to stress
- Respect standards and regulations
- Assiduity and punctuality
- Availability
- Spoken bilingualism (French and English)
- Patience
- Tolerance to routine work
Interests
- Work in transportation and maintenance
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
Official name of the NOC 73300
Transport truck drivers
Job titles
- Truck driver
- Heavy truck driver
- Line-haul truck driver
- Long distance truck driver
- Truck owner operator
- Moving truck driver
- Dump truck driver
- Tractor-trailer truck driver
- Long combination vehicle (lcv) driver
- Commercial driver
- Explosives truck driver
- Oil transport driver
- Tank truck driver
- Bulk milk truck driver
- Line-haul driver
- Cement truck driver - construction
- Flatbed truck driver
- Low-bed semi-trailer driver
- Commercial truck driver
- Liquid fertilizer truck driver
- Coal hauler (except underground mining)
- Freight truck driver
- Gravel hauler
- Shunt truck driver
- Bulk goods truck driver
- Fuel oil truck driver
- Groceries long haul driver
- Transport truck driver
- Automobile carrier driver
- Dangerous goods truck driver
- Long haul transport driver
- Hydrovac truck operator
- Local truck driver
- Professional truck driver
- Regional truck driver
- Short haul truck driver
- Long haul driver
- Gasoline truck operator
- Ready-mix truck driver
- Ready-mix driver - construction
- Tow truck driver
- Long haul tractor-trailer driver
- Log hauler
- Mobile support equipment operator - canadian armed forces
- Muskeg tractor operator
- Truck-trailer driver
- Commercial vehicle operator
- Escort - transportation
- Transport driver
Skill type
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations
Last update: January 29, 2026
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