NorthStar

Occupations/53-3031.00

Driver/Sales Workers

Drive truck or other vehicle over established routes or within an established territory and sell or deliver goods, such as food products, including restaurant take-out items, or pick up or deliver items such as commercial laundry. May also take orders, collect payment, or stock merchandise at point of delivery.

High school

Usually a high school diploma, plus some experience or short training.

AI automation risk

60%

Mixed exposure

Human characteristics

54%

Balanced human and task mix

Task orientation

80%

Higher automation risk

A day in this job

  • Mostly human

    Listen to and resolve customers' complaints regarding products or services.

  • Mostly routine

    Record sales or delivery information on daily sales or delivery record.

  • Mostly routine

    Collect money from customers, make change, and record transactions on customer receipts.

Split from the wording of these tasks, shown next to the occupation’s AI risk. It is not a separate score for each task, and it is not a forecast that the job disappears.

Core tasks

  1. 01Drive trucks to deliver such items as food, medical supplies, or newspapers.
  2. 02Inform regular customers of new products or services and price changes.
  3. 03Record sales or delivery information on daily sales or delivery record.
  4. 04Listen to and resolve customers' complaints regarding products or services.
  5. 05Collect money from customers, make change, and record transactions on customer receipts.
  6. 06Maintain trucks and food-dispensing equipment and clean inside of machines that dispense food or beverages.

Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)

  • Repeating same tasks4.41
  • Degree of automation2.13
  • Time sitting2.90
  • Originality (ability)2.38
  • Conflict situations2.85
  • Hands-on objects/tools4.61
  • Outdoors / weather5.00
  • Disease exposure1.36
  • Decision freedom3.43

Top abilities

  • Oral Expression3.75
  • Oral Comprehension3.75
  • Near Vision3.25
  • Speech Recognition3.12
  • Speech Clarity3.12
  • Problem Sensitivity3.12
  • Written Comprehension3.00
  • Trunk Strength3.00

Essential skills

  • Reading Comprehension3.00
  • Active Listening3.75
  • Writing2.75
  • Speaking3.62
  • Mathematics2.62
  • Science1.00
  • Critical Thinking3.12
  • Active Learning2.75
  • Learning Strategies2.00
  • Monitoring2.88

CIP matches

99.9999NO MATCH

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