- Outdoors
- Motor vehicles
Work setting
- Courier company
Tasks
- Deliver and pick up messages, parcels, and other items by hand
- Operate and drive automobiles, vans and light trucks to pick up and deliver various items and products
- Professionalism in customer service
- Accept payment or invoices for items delivered
- Receive and relay information to central dispatch
- Keep a record of items received and delivered
- Transport and handle dangerous goods
- Load and unload goods
- Follow directions and read map
- Use maps and other trip planning aids
- Record trip information such as vehicle mileage, fuel costs and any problems
- Perform pre-trip, en route and post-trip inspection and oversee all aspects of vehicle
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Class 5 / 5F / G Licence (cars, small trucks and other 2-axle vehicles)
Transportation / travel experience
- Local
- Provincial / territorial
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Physically demanding
- Handling heavy loads
- Overtime required
- Walking
Weight handling
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Own tools / equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Cellular phone
- Gloves
Personal suitability
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Team player
- Dependability
- Punctuality
Screening questions
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
Workplace information
- On the road job
Support for persons with disabilities
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Supports newcomers and / or refugees with foreign credential recognition
- 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
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans
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 staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers
Supports for visible minorities
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities