--- title: "Add a Driver" slug: "add-a-driver-2" tags: ["Admin", "On Demand", "Own Fleet", "Bringg Platform", "Dispatcher", "Delivery Hub", "Planned"] updated: 2024-08-02T15:37:37Z published: 2024-08-02T15:37:37Z canonical: "help.bringg.com/add-a-driver-2" stale: true --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.bringg.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Add a Driver You can add new drivers to Bringg by entering their contact details, assigning them to teams, and selecting skills , user roles, and a default vehicle type for each driver. After you set up new Drivers, they can log in to the Bringg Platform using the prompt they receive to set up an initial password, or enter via SSO, or a QR code. ### Before You Begin Verify the details for any new drivers you want to add. This includes: - Driver's license details - Contact information in case you need to call while they are en route. - [Skills](/v1/docs/set-up-skills), which enable drivers to fulfill different types of orders or use specific types of vehicles. - Default [vehicle type](/v1/docs/add-vehicle-profiles) for each driver. ### Add a Driver **Step 1**: Select **Drivers > Add Driver** to add a new driver to Bringg. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/a18074ef-073a-4ab1-bcab-12625715280e/Images/Documentation/su-user_add_driver.png)***Open the Add New Driver screen*** **Step 2**: Enter the driver's details. Select **Show advanced fields** to see all fields. | Field | Description | | --- | --- | | **Name** | (Required) Enter user's full name. | | **Phone** | (Required for drivers only if **Email** is empty) Enter user's mobile phone number. Drivers can sign in to the Driver App. with this phone number or their email address, Select first from a predefined list of country codes, then enter area code and phone number. Hyphens and parentheses are permitted but not required. | | **Email** | (Required if **Phone** is empty.) Enter an email address which can serve as the username for signing in to the Driver App (either their phone number or with this email address) to set their initial password, with an 8-character minimum requirement. | | **Home Address** | Enter the user's home address for your reference. In some companies, a driver's shift/route begins when they leave home. | | **Teams** | Select the teams which you want to assign to this user. [Learn more](/v1/docs/set-up-a-team). | | **Employee ID** | Enter a user's license number or employee ID. This helps you distinguish users from one another and offers another way to search them in the system. | | **User Role Options** | Choose the potential user roles available to this driver. Leave this empty if you want to use the default potential roles defined for your company. | | **User role** | Select the role currently applicable to the driver from the list of potential user roles defined in **User Role Options**. A driver can only have one user role assignment at a time. | | **Skills** | Select the skills associated with this driver. Skills may include the the driver is licensed to drive, certifications, and so on. | | **Default Transport Type** | Select the typical mode of transport, to allow Bringg to prioritize assigning certain types of orders to this driver. | | **Company** | Select the organization the user works for, if they are not employed by you directly. For example, contracted dispatchers and their drivers have their own company in Bringg. | | **Job description** | Add information about the user's specific responsibilities. | **Step 3**: Click **Save and Create New** if you wish to add additional drivers, or **Create Driver** if you have no further drivers to add at this time. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/a18074ef-073a-4ab1-bcab-12625715280e/Images/Documentation/image-1678435285710.png)***Complete the entry of a driver*** ### Provide Access to the Driver App Once you have added drivers to Bringg, instruct them to [download the Bringg Driver App](https://app.bringg.com/download.html). If you have entered a phone number when adding a driver, they automatically receive an SMS with the link to download the Driver App, and an automatic prompt to set their initial password. After signing in to the Driver App for the first time, drivers receive another SMS with a verification code, which they must enter to complete the login You can create user roles to define groups of drivers and vehicles which have special conditions. applied to them when Bringg auto-assigns them to routes using route optimization or AutoDispatch. For example, you can define a maximum total price of goods for any driver in this role, or a maximum number of orders that Bringg can assign to a driver or vehicle per route. You can assign user roles when you set up drivers and vehicles, then edit them at any time. Types of vehicles often include cars, vans, walking, bicycles, motorcycles, or trucks with trailers, with optional properties for green delivery. An order is a request for fulfillment of goods and services at a specific destination. It includes all information needed to complete it, such as the requested service or goods, the consumer's contact information, up to two destinations (e.g. pickup and delivery), and the time window. The properties of the order's goods or services determine the vehicle and skills required to fulfill that order. For example, food deliveries may require a refrigerated vehicle while an appliance installation requires a driver with the relevant training. You fulfill orders by assigning them to a driver, store associate, or delivery provider. You can also assign orders to routes and then assign each route to a vehicle and driver. Inside the Bringg database and payloads an order is sometimes referred to as a task.