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Chauffeur - Working conditions

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Working Conditions

Chauffeurs spend most of their time working in cars or at a base office. They travel locally, often to the airport, and may travel to other towns to work.

Equipment

Equipment chauffeurs may use includes:

limousines or luxury cars
a uniform
CB radios
cellphones.

Chauffeurs may use cellphones and CB radios

Hours

Chauffeurs may work shifts, alternating with other staff between morning and evening shifts. Full-time chauffeurs usually work 40-hour weeks, and they may be required to work weekends. Some chauffeurs only work part-time and may combine chauffeur work with taxi driving.

"I'm on-call all the time, so I need to schedule time off for myself. You have to draw the line somewhere."

Grant Ferguson - Tour operator

Contact with people

Chauffeurs spend most of their time working with passengers, many of whom are famous or well-known people such as actors, politicians and overseas visitors.

"In the course of a year, I have about 1200 customers from various parts of the world. About 80 percent are from the US, a lot are from Australia and the UK, and an increasing amount are from Europe, particularly Spain and Italy."

Colin Miller - Chauffeur

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