How to become an ambulance driver

Official title: Ambulance driver

Ambulance driver drives an ambulance vehicle to carry sick, injured and emergency cases to hospital in a safe, efficient and courteous manner. He/she places the patient on a stretcher and loads the stretcher into the ambulance, coordinates transport requests including handling of patient transfers to other hospitals.

Main tasks

• Driving and tending ambulances, vans, cars or taxis, to transport passengers
• Operating telecommunications equipment to report location and availability and follow directions of control centre
• Determining most appropriate route
• Assisting physically challenged passengers
• Operating equipment to facilitate the loading and unloading of physically challenged passengers

Ways in

• Apprenticeship: Work-study diploma. Related ITE work-study diplomas: Work-Study Diploma in Paramedicine. You are employed by a company and study at ITE at the same time. Peernovo matched these from course names.

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: $28,632 a year. The middle half earn $22,176 to $37,548 a year.
• Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

Related jobs

• Taxi driver
• Chauffeur
• Van driver
• Parking valet
• Private-hire car driver

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Questions people ask

How do I become an ambulance driver?

Ways in include: Work-study diploma.

How much does an ambulance driver earn in Singapore?

Median full-time pay is $28,632 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $22,176 to $37,548.

Will AI change the work of an ambulance driver?

Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026