Driver, taxi

• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: French
• Hours: 30 to 50 hours per week
• Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
• Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years

Work setting

• Relocation costs not covered by employer
• Willing to relocate

Tasks

• Clean and make minor repairs to vehicle
• Pick up passengers and drive them to destinations
• Assist passengers with luggage and in boarding vehicles
• Take vehicle for servicing
• Collect fare
• Assist clients/guests with special needs
• Record transactions
• Provide basic tourist information
• Attend to complaints or difficult passengers
• Operate dispatch systems
• Operate two-way radios
• Drive business or government personnel to and from destinations

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Class 5/5F/G Licence (cars, small trucks and other 2-axle vehicles)
• Taxicab driver certification
• Chauffeur's license
• Driver's License

Security and safety

• Criminal record check
• Driver's validity licence check
• Driving record check (abstract)
• Medical exam
• Drug test

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence
• Vehicle supplied by employer
• Travel expenses not paid by employer
• Public transportation is available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• 20/20 vision
• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Sound discrimination
• Sitting

Own tools/equipment

• Cellular phone

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability

Screening questions

• Are you available for shift or on-call work?
• Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
• Do you have experience working in this field?
• Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
• Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?

Employment terms options

• Early morning
• Evening

Employment terms options

• Shift
• Flexible hours
• Morning
• On call
• To be determined
• Day
• Weekend
• Overtime required
• Overtime available

Health benefits

• Disability benefits
• Health care plan

Financial benefits

• Gasoline paid
• Group insurance benefits

Long term benefits

• Maternity and parental benefits

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• Learning/training paid by employer
• On-site housing options
• Other benefits
• Parking available

Support for persons with disabilities

• Provides physical accessibility accommodations (for example: ramps, elevators, etc.)
• Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for persons with disabilities

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports newcomers and/or refugees
• Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.)
• Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.)
• Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)

Support for youths

• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment
• Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth

Support for Veterans

• Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Veterans
• Offers workshops, counselling services or other resources to help Veterans navigate their transition into the civilian workforce (for example: adapting to different organizational structures)

Support for Indigenous people

• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Indigenous people
• Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers
• Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations
• Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers

Support for mature workers

• Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
• Offers phased retirement options that allow mature workers to gradually reduce their workload (for example: flexible or reduced work hours, part time employment, project-based or seasonal work, etc.)

Supports for visible minorities

• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports members of visible minorities
• Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
• Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees
• Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities