long haul truck driver

Work site environment

• Dusty

Work setting

• Various locations

Tasks

• Coach colleagues on new methods or work techniques
• Drive as part of a two-person team or convoy
• Load and unload 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

Documentation knowledge

• Accident or incident reports

Security and safety

• Basic security clearance
• Bondable

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Attention to detail
• Handling heavy loads
• Large workload
• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks
• Sitting

Personal suitability

• Flexibility
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Hardworking
• Patience

Employment terms options

• Early morning
• Evening

Employment terms options

• Flexible hours
• Morning
• On call
• Day
• Weekend

Green job

• Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and / or refugees

Supports for visible minorities

• Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities