Start your driving career the right way — hands-on training, a real pathway, and a team that will back you.

About the Role

- Keep the depot, trucks, trailers and equipment clean, organised and ready for secure work
- Assist with loading and unloading, preloading trailers, and trailer audits under guidance
- Progress through structured on-the-job training toward your heavy vehicle licence
- Travel with the Leading Hand and experienced drivers to learn preloads and job preparation
- Build real depot and driving skills from day one

Essential Requirements

- Current Queensland driver licence, with eligibility to progress to a heavy vehicle licence
- Reliable, safety-focused and genuinely keen to build a driving career
- Physically fit for active, outdoor depot work
- Australian working rights

Desirable (or willingness to obtain)

- Forklift and loader licence
- White Card and load-restraint training

What We Offer

- $35.00 flat rate per hour
- Guaranteed 40 hours per week + 2 x 30-minute paid breaks daily
- A genuine,



structured pathway into a professional driving career
- Hands-on training and coaching from experienced Leading Hands and drivers
- Join a growing, family-owned North Queensland transport business

After 12 Months You Will Have

- Certificate III in Driving Operations
- LF/Forklift licence & experience unloading general freight material
- Loader ticket & experience unloading general freight material
- Stocktaking and stock control management experience
- High-level load restraint experience — roofing iron, steel & mesh, trusses, power poles, general freight
- Experience with cranes, and truck & trailer lengths, widths and weights
- NHVR compliance exposure — fatigue, mass, maintenance
- A real opportunity to move into HR Crane truck driving

Law Transport — Delivering Service. Driving Reliability.

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