How to become a trailer-truck driver
Official title: Trailer-truck driver
Also called: Container driver, Container truck driver, Prime mover driver, Prime mover driver (port), Trailer truck driver, Container truck driver, Prime mover driver
Trailer-truck driver drives a tractor-trailer combination or a truck or a tow truck. He/she may assist with unloading the trailer-truck.
Main tasks
- Driving and tending a heavy motor vehicle, such as a lorry with or without a trailer or a dump-truck, to transport goods, liquids or heavy materials over short or long distances
- Determining the most appropriate routes
- Ensuring goods are stowed and securely covered, to prevent loss and damage
- Assisting with or carrying out loading or unloading operations, using various lifting or tipping devices
- Carrying out minor maintenance to vehicles and arranging major maintenance and repairs
- Estimating weights to comply with load limitations and ensuring the safe distribution of weights
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $34,320 a year. The middle half earn $24,672 to $46,044 a year.
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How much does a trailer-truck driver earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $34,320 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $24,672 to $46,044.
Will AI change the work of a trailer-truck driver?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, 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