truck driver
Sign in to saveAlso known as truckie, lorry driver, trucker, driver, truck drivers
person who earns a living as the driver of a truck
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- occupation
- Image
- Truckdriver.jpg
- Patron saint
- Saint Christopher
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- Commons category
- Truck drivers
- ISCO-88 occupation class
- 8324
- topic's main category
- Category:Truck drivers
- female form of label
- camioneira
- male form of label
- camioneiro
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Encyclopedic overview
A truck driver driving a semi-truck in the Netherlands A truck driver (commonly referred to as a trucker, teamster or driver in the United States and Canada; a truckie in Australia and New Zealand; an HGV driver in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the European Union, a lorry driver, or driver in the United Kingdom, Ireland, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Malaysia and Singapore) is a person who earns a living as the driver of a truck, which is commonly defined as a large goods vehicle (LGV) or heavy goods vehicle (HGV) (usually a semi truck, box truck, or dump truck).
Duties and functions
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