About this role
Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.
Tasks
- Load and unload goods.
- Obtain special permits and other documents required to transport cargo on international routes.
- 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 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.
- Transportation/travel experience: Long-haul.
- National.
- Provincial/territorial.
- Security and safety: Criminal record check.
- Driving record check (abstract).
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Attention to detail.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Large workload.
- Physically demanding.
- Sitting.
- Personal suitability: Excellent oral communication.
- Flexibility.
- Judgement.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
- Employment terms options: Evening.
- Morning.
- Night.
- Experience: No experience (will train).
- Employment terms options: Day.
- Workplace information: On the road job.
- Other benefits: Free parking available.