Job Description

Tasks

• Professionalism in customer service
• Load and unload goods
• Perform emergency roadside repairs
• Perform pre-trip, en route and post-trip inspection and oversee all aspects of vehicle
• Receive and relay information to central dispatch
• Load, unload and transfer crates, supplies and farm produce, livestock and poultry

Certificates, Licences, Memberships, and Courses

• Class 1/1F/A Licence (semi trailer trucks)
• Driver's License (Class 1 or A)

Documentation Knowledge

• Driver logbook
• Inspection report (pre-trip, en-route, post-trip)

Type of Trucking and Equipment

• Tractor-trailer

Transportation/Travel Experience

• Local
• Long-haul
• Provincial/territorial
• Regional
• Short-haul

Security and Safety

• Valid passport
• Criminal record check
• Driving record check (abstract)
• Drug test

Transportation/Travel Information

• Valid driver's licence
• Willing to travel cross-border
• Willing to travel for extended periods
• Willing to travel internationally
• Willing to travel overnight

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities

• Handling heavy loads

Weight Handling

• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Personal Suitability

• Reliability

Workplace information

• On the road job

Screening questions

• Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
• Are you willing to relocate for this position?
• Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Disability benefits
• Health care plan
• Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

• Bonus
• Gasoline paid
• Mileage paid

Long term benefits

• Group insurance benefits
• Life insurance
• Long-term care insurance
• Pension plan
• Registered retirement savings plan (RRSP)

Other benefits

• Learning/training paid by employer
• Wellness program