Dubai, at present, is the center of attraction for all business in UAE. It is the center of tourism that greatly enhances the city’s worth. Dubai has emerged as a hub for business and transportation i.e. import and export of all sorts.

After the discovery of oil reserves in 1969, the city’s development has greatly increased. Today, Dubai is famous for its skyscrapers and ongoing development projects. It is the sketching attention of job applicants from all over the world, including UAE itself.

Increasing Recruitments in Driving Jobs

As mentioned earlier, increase in development projects and transportation business is resulting in an enormous increase in jobs and similarly, in driving sector. Here are some important facts that various job applicants might need to know in order to get a good paying driving job in Dubai.

Nature of Job

Driving job falls into various categories such as transportation of goods and construction materials, heavy machinery operators at construction sites (HTV drivers), drivers for trading companies, valet drivers, taxi and bus drivers (LTV drivers). An applicant must try for various options to ensure job hunting success.

Requirement of Driving License and its Procedure

There are almost 36 countries across the world that have been certified and are on the approved list of Emirates due to their high standard of driving. Residents of such countries can easily transfer to UAE license without any training or test. However, if a person does not hold the license from those countries, the proper training from an authorized school or training institute is required for obtaining a license.

To get an eye test done is the first and most important step while applying for the driving test. Eye test has to be done by an authorized optician or the driving school itself. Then the procedure asks for the driving test application to be typed in Arabic. Submission of form and further procedures are carried out under the supervision of RTA (Roads and Transport Authority).

Driving Test

The driving test constitutes of two parts i.e. the theory section and practical test. In order to pass the theory section, the candidate is provided with a questionnaire. In the first section of the questionnaire, the questions are normally focused on general traffic situations and out of 17 questions, the candidate has to provide correct answers for at least11 to proceed. The second section of the questionnaire contains 18 questions that are specifically related to the particular license and out of those 18 questions, at least 12 questions are required to be replied correctly. This leads to the second part (practical part) of the driving test i.e. road test. The road test costs AED 200, and certain documents are required to appear for the road test. The driver is given a few minutes to demonstrate his or her driving skills and anticipatory skills. If the test is successfully passed, the driver may collect the approval paper from the next counter i.e. the pass counter. However, if the candidate has failed the test, he/she has to register for further 7 classes or training sessions to get another date for another road test.

Types of Driving Jobs Offered

Several government, semi government and private organizations offer different kinds of driving jobs and salary is negotiated according to the nature of the job.

LTV Driver

LTV drivers are required by local schools, trading companies, restaurants and various other delivery service centers. LTV drivers normally include taxi drivers, school van drivers, motorcycle drivers for delivery and courier services and valet drivers in hotels and clubs etc. They are normally offered salary between AED 2000-3000.

HTV Drivers

HTV drivers are required for heavy vehicle driving, e.g. trucks, buses and are normally recruited by construction or transportation companies for operating or driving larger vehicles. HTV drivers are paid more than the LTV drivers and their salary normally ranges between AED 4000-5000 and sometimes even more according to the nature of the vehicle they are operating or driving.

Presently, the ongoing development projects and increase in tourism is providing countless opportunities to the people to apply for driving jobs and since the demand has raised to an enormous extent, competitive salaries and benefits have made the driving sector an attractive area to strive for the living. Young people from different countries e.g.India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan are generally showing great interest in this increasing trend.