How to become a van driver
Official title: Van driver
Also called: Despatch courier (van), Last mile delivery driver (van), Mail despatch worker (van), Postal van driver, Postal van driver
Van driver drives a van to pick up and deliver non-mail documents and parcels.
Main tasks
- Driving and tending cars, vans or small trucks to deliver non-mail items such as food and beverage
- 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
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $25,776 a year. The middle half earn $18,000 to $34,632 a year.
- Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How much does a van driver earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $25,776 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $18,000 to $34,632.
Will AI change the work of a van 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