Company, Taxi, and Limousine Drivers
Job description
These individuals carry passengers, staff, and visitors in cars and limousines.
Environment
- Vehicle or passenger compartment
Main tasks
Taxi and Limousine Drivers
- Pick up passengers and drive them to their destination.
- Help people with their luggage and getting in and out of the vehicle.
- Help passengers with special needs.
- Cash the payment of the fare according to the price indicated on the taximeter or the one agreed on with the passenger.
- Record travel information.
- Collaborate with the dispatch centre.
- Clean the vehicle, make minor repairs, and have it serviced in a garage.
- Provide pick-up and delivery services upon request.
Company and Private Drivers
- Pick up or meet a person on request, by appointment, or according to a schedule.
- Drive the passenger to the destination.
- Carry out personal and business errands for the person.
- Clean the vehicle, make minor repairs, and have it serviced in a garage.
Advancement and mobility
Taxi and Limousine Drivers
- Experience leads to positions as a company or private driver.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.- Minimum
- $16.10
- Median
- $17.31
- Maximum
- $30.00
Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
Good
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
12,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 4.5% Female
- 95.5% Male
Not available.
- 4.5% Female
- 95.5% 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
$16,800
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, 4983% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 453% of jobs
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NAICS 621, 622, 6233% of jobs
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NAICS 55, 562% of jobs
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NAICS 912% of jobs
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Others7% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 48, 4983% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 453% of jobs
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NAICS 621, 622, 6233% of jobs
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NAICS 55, 562% of jobs
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NAICS 912% of jobs
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Others7% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
No specific training
Also required
- Class 4 driver’s licence.
- Good knowledge of the geographical area served.
Sometimes required
- A few years of secondary school education are usually required.
- At least one year of safe driving experience and a maximum of three demerit points on the SAAQ driving record are usually required.
- Training in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) may be required.
Taxi and Limousine Drivers
- Successfully complete written exams on building and street locations and on safety requirements.
- A municipal permit is usually required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Active listening
- Operations and control
- Result evaluation
- Oral expression
- Time management
- Service oriented
- Social perception
- Monitoring operations
Abilities
- Distance vision
- Oral comprehension
- Near vision
- Limb coordination
- Control accuracy
- Response orientation
- Reaction time
- Time sharing
- Depth perception
- Speed control
- Manual dexterity
- Verbal skills
- Spatial orientation
- Speech recognition
- Awareness of issues
- Hand-arm stability
- Tolerance to bright light
- Peripheral vision
- Auditory attention
- Selective attention
- Speech clarity
- Written comprehension
- Core strength
- Information organization
- Inductive reasoning
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to establish and maintain interpersonal relations
- Capacity to work under pressure
- Autonomy
- Capacity to adapt
- Knowledge of customer and personalized services
- Capacity to be discrete
- Intermediate knowledge of the English language
- Friendliness
- Assiduity and punctuality
- Impeccable appearance
Interests
- Work in sales or client service
- 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.
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
Official name of the NOC 75200
Taxi and limousine drivers and chauffeurs
Job titles
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- Taxi owner-operator
Skill type
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations
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