- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Tasks
- Address customers' complaints or concerns
- Load and unload goods
- Operate and drive straight or articulated trucks to transport goods and materials
- Oversee condition of vehicle and inspect tires, lights, brakes, cold storage and other equipment
- Pay and receive payments for goods
- Perform brake adjustments
- Perform emergency roadside repairs
- Perform pre-trip, en route and post-trip inspection and oversee all aspects of vehicle
- Perform preventive maintenance
- Receive and relay information to central dispatch
- Record cargo information, hours of service, distance travelled and fuel consumption
- Tarping and ensuring safety and security of cargo
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- AZ class license
- Air Brakes Endorsement
- Air Brake (Z) Endorsement
- Driver's License (Class 1 or A)
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Attention to detail
- Handling heavy loads
- Large workload
- Physically demanding
- Sitting
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Judgement
- Organized
- Team player
Experience
- Will train
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and / or refugees
Support for youths
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth
Support for Veterans
- Supports Veterans in translating their military skills and experience into the language of the civilian job market
Support for Indigenous people
- Provides cultural competency training and / or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers
Support for mature workers
- Provides workspace accommodations, such as age-appropriate ergonomic considerations, to meet the physical needs of mature workers (for example : adjustable desks and chairs, accessible parking, etc.)
Supports for visible minorities
- Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees