How to become a taxi driver
Official title: Taxi driver
Also called: Cab driver, Motor car driver (taxi), Cab driver, Motor car driver (taxi)
Taxi driver drives a motorised vehicle to transport passengers on demand at a charge usually based on a meter fare, from one point to another. He/she does not have a fixed route to drive around and he/she also assists passengers boarding or leaving the vehicle.
Main tasks
- Driving and tending ambulances, vans, cars or taxis, to transport passengers
- Assisting passengers with handling of luggage
- Collecting fares, payments for deliveries, or documents certifying deliveries
- 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
- Licence or registration: Taxi, private-hire car and bus drivers need a vocational licence from the Land Transport Authority on top of a driving licence. That means a medical check, a course and a test. Taxi and private-hire drivers must be at least 30, bus drivers at least 21. Law: Road Traffic Act 1961. Regulator: Land Transport Authority (LTA) (https://www.lta.gov.sg).
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- 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