Dispatcher: pay, what you do and current jobs
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Dispatchers schedule and send out people and vehicles to transport materials, equipment, freight or passengers to locations like residential or business delivery addresses.
- Typical full-time pay in NZ$60,000–$96,000 a year (up to $118,000)
- TrainingNo specific training
- IndustryShipping, delivery and warehousing
Pay is for full-time work across New Zealand. Part-time and hourly roles are paid by the hour; check each advert.
1 dispatcher job on ManyJobs now
- Dispatcher | Licencing & ComplianceAuckland Council · South Auckland
What you’d do
- coordinate workers, vehicles and daily operations
- schedule jobs and work activities
- prepare staff work schedules
- communicate with drivers and workers
- use radios and communication systems
- track deliveries, vehicles and materials
- help solve customer problems
- choose resources for different jobs
- keep records of daily operations
- prepare work forms and documents
Life on the job
Dispatchers:
- usually work regular business hours but may work evenings or weekends
- usually work in offices, call centres, warehouses and airports or ports
- need to be accurate, organised and communicate well
How to get in
You learn on the job to become a dispatcher and experience may be useful.
You usually don’t need specific NCEA levels for this job.
You may need:
- experience in similar work
Also known as: Transport dispatcher, dispatcher coordinator, warehouse dispatcher
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