Driver CV example

A complete example CV for a driver in South Africa, then the bullets that make it work, rewritten from weaker versions with the reason for each change.

A fictional example. Bongani Zulu is not a real person, and the employers, dates and numbers are made up to show the shape of a good CV. Use your own facts: never copy someone else's.

Bongani Zulu

Code 14 (EC) truck driver with PrDP

Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal · Cell: 0XX XXX XXXX · bongani@example.com

Profile

Code 14 driver with a current PrDP and eight years on long-distance and cross-border routes. Clean driving record, careful with paperwork, and does a full vehicle check before every trip.

Skills

Articulated trucks (interlink and tautliner)
Long-distance and cross-border routes (Durban to Gauteng, Botswana)
Pre-trip inspections
Delivery documents and PODs
Defensive driving
Load securing

Work experience

Long-distance truck driverMay 2020 to present

Freight company, Durban

Drive an interlink between Durban and Gauteng, about 12,000 km a month, with no accidents or traffic fines.
Complete pre-trip inspections and trip sheets daily; reported faults early, avoiding roadside breakdowns.
Handle border documents on Botswana trips and hand in signed PODs for every load.

Code 10 delivery driverFeb 2017 to Apr 2020

Beverage distributor, Pinetown

Delivered to 25 to 30 outlets a day and collected cash and empties against invoices.

Education and qualifications

Defensive driving course, 2023
Dangerous goods (Hazchem) awareness training, 2022
Grade 11, 2012

Licence

Code 14 (EC), valid to 2029
Professional driving permit (PrDP): goods, valid to 2027

Languages

isiZulu, English

References

Available on request

Before and after: the bullets that make it work

Before: ~~Experienced driver.~~
After: Drive an interlink between Durban and Gauteng, about 12,000 km a month, with no accidents or traffic fines.
Why: Vehicle, route, distance and record: what a transport manager wants to know.
Before: ~~Checks the truck.~~
After: Complete pre-trip inspections and trip sheets daily; reported faults early, avoiding roadside breakdowns.
Why: Uses the words the job uses and shows why it matters.
Before: ~~Did deliveries.~~
After: Delivered to 25 to 30 outlets a day and collected cash and empties against invoices.
Why: Volume and trust with cash in one line.

South African details to get right

Licence codes: Code B (old Code 08) covers vehicles up to 3,500 kg; C1 (Code 10) goods vehicles from 3,500 kg to 16,000 kg; EC (Code 14) articulated heavy vehicles over 16,000 kg. Put your code at the top of the CV. Source: gov.za: Apply for a driving licence.
Professional drivers of goods vehicles over 3,500 kg, buses and some minibuses need a professional driving permit (PrDP) on top of the licence. Give its category and expiry date. Source: Western Cape Government: Professional driving permit.
Leave out your ID number, date of birth, marital status and a photo unless the advert asks for them. Contact details, your area and your work history are enough to be shortlisted.
Keep it in one column with plain headings (Profile, Skills, Work experience, Education). Tables, text boxes and two-column templates often confuse the software that reads CVs first.

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