7513- Taxi and limousine drivers and chauffeurs

Canada NOC: 
7513
Job Title: 

Taxi and limousine drivers and chauffeurs

Job Description: 

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.

Main 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
Help passengers with luggage and with boarding and exiting vehicles and assist passengers with special needs
Collect flat-rate or taximeter fares
Maintain travel logs and record cash and credit transactions
Maintain contact with taxi dispatch unit
Clean and make minor repairs to vehicle or take vehicle for servicing
May provide pick up and delivery services on request.
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 is required in all other provinces and the territories.
Taxi and limousine drivers require good knowledge of the geographical area to be covered and may have to pass written street/building location and safety examinations.
Taxi drivers usually require a municipal permit.
First aid certification may be required.

Additional Inormation: 

Mobility from taxi or limousine driver to chauffeur is possible with experience.

Classified Elsewhere: 

Supervisors, motor transport and other ground transit operators (7305)
Taxi dispatchers (in 1525 Dispatchers)

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Source Of Info: 

National Occupation Classification, (2011)

Statistics Canada and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada,

February 2012,

Catalogue no. 12-583-X