Many drivers say they have the best job in the world. Besides a relatively large degree of freedom do you have a great responsibility. Here you can find many interesting information about the professional driver, what training you need to follow this and how you can find a job as a driver.

Goods or persons to safely and quickly transported from a to b, which you can see as a challenge. The work is also very varied as you will often come to places in the Netherlands, but perhaps also abroad, where you've never been before. Moment there are still many vacancies, even if the economic and financial crisis in 2009 and 2010 have a lot of businesses, including in the transport sector, affected. Here you can find many interesting information about the professional driver, what training you need to follow this and how you can find a job as a driver.

A job as a driver and the various licenses

Different licenses

Depending on which job as a driver you aspire, you need one or more licenses. There are several categories, and here you can read more broadly about the distinction between different categories.

* A license is suitable for a motorbike to drive them.

* Licence B is suitable for motor vehicles with three or four wheels with a maximum mass not exceeding 3500 kg. It may include the driver no longer than 8 persons will be transported.

* C license is for driving trucks, ie vehicles whose maximum mass exceeds 3,500 kg.

* C1 license to drive motor vehicles heavier than 3,500 pounds but not more than 7,500 pounds weight.

* D license is for driving that, excluding the driver, more than 8 persons to be transported.

* D1 license is suitable for driving motor vehicles for the transport of more than 8 persons but not more than 16 passengers excluding the driver.

* E license is tied to the license B, C or D. This is needed to drive with a trailer, when not met the requirements for E without a license with the appropriate vehicle to drive with trailer.

Cost of driving

Obtaining one of the above licenses can through one of the many driving schools we in the Netherlands. Obtaining a license is a costly business. If you also want to get a special license to work as drivers go, then it is worthwhile to explore whether your employer or a potential employer the cost of obtaining the license to compensate partially or completely.

Special training for drivers

Training for a job in the passenger

The passenger is a very special and specialized branch of commercial transport. Because it has a special aspect: it is in daily contact with many different people. And every day you have a great responsibility to everyone who carries you safely and on time to his or her place of destination. A great sense of responsibility must be one of your personal characteristics, and in addition you also have the tact to have. Is a branch of the profession passenger transport you preferred and you were born after June 30, 1955, then you should hold the driver diploma CCV-B transportation for you to get started. Of course you also have a valid driver's license B. In the course CCV-B can also directly license the theory of large levels as you wish, and thus Meet you all the skill requirements so you have more chances on the labor . More information about the program and the agencies where you can follow the training, you can simply and quickly on the internet.

Training for a job in the freight

Choose your freight, then you have to deal with expensive equipment and an often equally precious cargo. For this job as a driver is a CCV-B diploma, supplemented by the large driving course. In this industry you must also be willing to make long days and also a stress resistance also included. The training CCV-B deals with a number of topics on behalf of others are important:

* Administration of goods, documents, driving times and loading and unloading are a few examples of subjects that are discussed.

* Traffic, special operations, knowledge of traffic rules, driving and loading requirements are discussed in this section.

* Technique, not to be underestimated in this part focuses on the technology with respect to the truck. Goal is that you have (small) road resolve problems and have the technical knowledge of the equipment that you're going on the road.

The CCV-B training for drivers in the haulage is more extensive than those for passenger traffic. The great driving at the start of the course is not required, and this can be achieved simultaneously with the training going.

Different driver jobs

The professional driver

In this context we mean someone with a driver for his work driving a vehicle and hit people or goods. Main categories in which the path of driver can be classified:

* Goods.

* Passenger.

* Private passenger transport.

Within these categories we can distinguish different jobs as drivers, which you can read below.

A job as a truck driver

Dutch truck drivers usually carry goods to and from the Netherlands, but also between different countries. Freight may include all types of products, the livestock categories, fresh or chilled and frozen transport services as reasonably special groups can be seen. There are truck drivers who operate only domestically, but also many drivers who drive in other countries. To truck to have at least the license required C, E and often times are also special driver training required. If one is born after June 1955 there is also a certificate of professional competence necessary to show that you securely into a truck driving.

International drivers are

The term international driver is normally a truck provided with an international area. These international drivers are also usually several days or even weeks in a row house. They travel from one place to another and often stay in the truck along the side of the road, or at special stops where you can also eat and shower.

Road as a bus driver

The profession of bus driver can roughly be divided into two groups, namely the bus driver on that particular regional scheduled trips in a region makes the bus drivers and coaches drive. These coaches are used when making a trip of one day or several days, but for the longer trips of one week or longer. The profession of bus driver has one D license, the bus driver license, required.

Choosing a job as chauffeur

Private drivers are drivers for a particular person or a particular company works and example clients and people who work there, carry. Of a private driver sometimes other functions required, such as retrieving or delivering packages. In this case, it fulfills the purpose of a private courier, so the time spent with and for people not drive, yet effective to fill. A major advantage of a private driver provides is that one is in the car while the driver can perform work on the driving. One can also choose to hire a private driver who has special training in security followed, and thus functions as a security guard immediately.

A job as a student driver

A student driver is a student who has a job as a driver. Most drivers student studying at a university or college. A student driver can not just working as a driver, because one has to first go through a rigorous selection process. At the screening and training of the student driver will be very much attention. In addition, a good student and safe driver of course can run properly ABN and often speak English and appropriately deal with its passengers. These aspects are also important because a student driver will usually work for companies that driver for government agencies and multinational companies. Customers naturally expect a good and safe service. A student driver so functions mostly as a private driver and can co transporting people, also used for other transport jobs.

Where can you find jobs for drivers

Jobs for drivers, press a couple of ways, including:

* Internet. Since the advent of the Internet is to find a suitable job much easier. There are large databases on the Internet to find jobs and all agencies have been active on the Internet. So you can respond quickly to a job, but you can leave your resume for a potential employer who seeks a suitable driver, you can access.

* Agencies. You can of course register with some agencies.

* Newspapers and magazines. The way that always used to find vacancies, searching for jobs in newspapers and magazines. Even in today's Internet age, you can still find jobs.

* Through your network. The transport world is a world unto itself and if you know someone who is at a transportation company and to those you wish to make known, this may also have a successful start to finding a job