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7413 – Taxi and Limousine Drivers and Chauffeurs
Taxi and limousine drivers drive automobiles and limousines to transport passengers. Chauffeurs drive automobiles and limousines to transport personnel and visitors of businesses, government or other organizations or members of private households. Taxi and limousine drivers are employed by taxi and other transportation service companies, or they may be self-employed. Chauffeurs are employed by businesses, government and other organizations, or private individuals or families.
Profile
Index of titles Example job titles
- Airport limousine driver
- Chauffeur, private household
- Company chauffeur
- Driver, funeral services
- Driver, hearse
- Driver, taxi
- Driver, taxicab
- Funeral chauffeur
- Funeral driver
- Hearse driver
- Limousine driver
- Mobile support equipment operator - military
- Private chauffeur
- Taxi driver
- Taxi owner-operator
- Taxicab driver
- Airport limousine driver
- Limousine driver
- Taxi driver
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Taxi and limousine drivers perform some or all of the following duties:
- Pick up passengers and drive them to destinations in taxicabs or limousines
- Assist passengers with luggage and in boarding vehicles
- Collect flat-rate or taximeter fares
- Record transactions
- Maintain contact with taxi dispatch unit.
Chauffeurs perform some or all of the following duties:
- Pick up or meet employer according to request, appointment or schedule
- Drive employer to destinations in automobile or limousine
- Perform business and personal errands for employer such as delivering and picking up mail, business documents and parcels
- Clean and make minor repairs to vehicle or take vehicle for servicing.
Employment requirements
- Some secondary school education is usually required.
- A minimum of one year of safe driving experience is usually required.
- A Class G driver's licence is required in Ontario, and a Class 4 driver's licence elsewhere.
- Taxi and limousine drivers require good knowledge of the geographical area to be covered.
- Taxi drivers usually require a municipal permit.
Additional information
- Mobility from taxi or limousine driver to chauffeur is possible with experience.
Exclusions
- Supervisors, Motor Transport and Other Ground Transit Operators (7222)
- Taxi dispatchers (in 1475 Dispatchers and Radio Operators)
Breakdown summary
- Broad occupational category
- 7 – Trades, Transport and Equipment Operators and Related Occupations
- Skill level
- C – Occupations usually require secondary school and/or occupation-specific training.
- Major group
- 74 – Intermediate Occupations in Transport, Equipment Operation, Installation and Maintenance
- Minor group
- 741 – Motor Vehicle and Transit Drivers
- Version
- NOC 2006 Version 1.0