Courier CV & delivery driver CV – template and practical tips

A courier CV and a delivery driver CV should be quick to scan — just like your job. In the first few seconds, a recruiter wants to see: what vehicle you drive, what driving licence you hold, whether you know courier apps, and whether you deliver on time with minimal complaints. Below you’ll find a practical template and checklist to help you create an effective CV.

Table of contents

1. Why is a courier / delivery CV important?
2. Courier & delivery driver CV — structure template
3. What skills should you include?
4. Experience — how to describe it so it sells
5. Licences, vehicle and tools
6. Most common mistakes
7. Summary
8. FAQ — courier & delivery driver CV

Why is a courier / delivery CV important?

Courier and delivery roles are all about on-time delivery, route organisation and responsibility for goods. Courier companies and delivery operators (including food delivery) get lots of applications, so your CV needs to be simple and concrete.

A good courier / delivery driver CV:

• clearly shows the type of deliveries (parcels / food / fixed routes / B2B),
• lists your vehicle and driving licence (B, AM, bicycle, scooter, van),
• includes real results (e.g. deliveries/day, on-time rate, low complaints).

Courier & delivery driver CV — structure template

📦 Concrete • On time • One A4 page

👤 1. Personal details & contact

• 📌 first name and last name
• 📌 phone number
• 📌 email address
• 📌 city (optional)
• 📌 availability (e.g. ASAP / shifts / weekends)

📝 2. Professional summary

2–4 sentences that show your route type and delivery type and your strongest advantages (pace, low complaints, city knowledge).

Summary example:

“Courier with 3 years of experience delivering parcels on urban routes. I work with scanner/terminal, plan my route using navigation, deliver on time and maintain a professional customer standard. Driving licence category B, shift availability.”

💼 3. Work experience

Use bullet points and add metrics. The best structure is: task → tool → result.

• 📌 company / platform / subcontractor
• 📌 dates
• 📌 delivery type and area
• 📌 tools (apps, scanner, terminal)
• 📌 result (deliveries/day, on-time %, complaints)

🎓 4. Education

• 📌 school
• 📌 field (optional)
• 📌 years

🧾 5. Licences & documents

• 📌 driving licence (category + year obtained)
• 📌 medical checks (if required by employer)
• 📌 sanitary book (if applicable for food delivery)

What skills should you include in a courier CV?

In a courier/delivery driver CV, it works best to split skills into technical skills (tools, apps, routes) and soft skills (communication, responsibility).

Technical skills (examples):

• route planning and working under time pressure (time windows, priorities),
• using scanner / terminal / courier apps,
• safe driving and knowledge of traffic rules,
• handling payments (cash on delivery, card payments — if applicable),
• basic vehicle care (checks, minor operational tasks).

Soft skills (often decisive):

• punctuality and reliability,
• good customer communication (short and clear),
• responsibility for parcels and documents,
• stress resilience and working in changing weather conditions.

Experience — how to describe it so it sells

Recruiters don’t need long stories. They need concrete facts: how much you deliver, in what area, how fast and with what quality.

Licences, vehicle and tools

In a courier/delivery driver CV, it’s worth stating directly whether you have your own vehicle (if required) and what you work with. This genuinely speeds up hiring.

• Driving licence: category (B/AM) + year obtained; mention van driving if applicable.
• Vehicle: car / scooter / bicycle / e-bike; if it’s yours, write “own vehicle”.
• Tools: smartphone + apps, scanner, payment terminal, navigation.
• Organisation: route planning, priorities, solving issues on the road.

Tip: If you apply for food delivery, highlight city knowledge and rush-hour work. If you apply for parcel delivery, show pace, route organisation and reliable settlements.

Most common mistakes in a courier / delivery driver CV

• missing driving licence/vehicle info (if it’s required),
• generic “deliveries” without route type and volume,
• no numbers (numbers are the strongest argument here),
• messy dates or unexplained gaps,
• no tailoring to the offer (parcels vs. food, city vs. routes).

Summary

• A courier/delivery driver CV should quickly show: licence, vehicle, delivery type, tools and results.
• Best format: one A4 page, short bullets, numbers (deliveries/day, on-time %, complaints).
• For experience descriptions, use: task → tool → result.

FAQ — courier & delivery driver CV