Job Description
Start your driving career the right way — hands-on training, a real pathway, and a team that will back you.
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About the Role
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Keep the depot, trucks, trailers and equipment clean, organised and ready for safe work
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Assist with loading and unloading, preloading trailers, and trailer audits under guidance
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Progress through structured on-the-job training toward your heavy vehicle licence
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Travel with the Leading Hand and experienced drivers to learn preloads and job preparation
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Build real depot and driving skills from day one
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Essential Requirements
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Current Queensland driver licence, with eligibility to progress to a heavy vehicle licence
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Reliable, safety-focused and genuinely keen to build a driving career
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Physically fit for active, outdoor depot work
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Australian working rights
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Desirable (or willingness to obtain)
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Forklift and loader licence
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White Card and load-restraint training
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What We Offer
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$***** flat rate per hour
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Guaranteed 40 hours per week + 2 x 30-minute paid breaks daily
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A genuine, structured pathway into a professional driving career
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Hands-on training and coaching from experienced Leading Hands and drivers
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Join a growing, family-owned North Queensland transport business
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After 12 Months You Will Have
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Certificate III in Driving Operations
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LF/Forklift licence & experience unloading general freight material
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Loader ticket & experience unloading general freight material
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Stocktaking and stock control management experience
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High-level load restraint experience — roofing iron, steel & mesh, trusses, power poles, general freight
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Experience with cranes, and truck & trailer lengths, widths and weights
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NHVR compliance exposure — fatigue, mass, maintenance
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A real prospect to move into HR Crane truck driving
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Law Transport — Delivering Service. Driving Reliability.
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