Occupational Profiles

This group performs some or all of the following duties:
 

Taxi and limousine drivers

• 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

• 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.

• 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.