Truck Driver

Salary: $2,800_$4,000/month

• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 40 to 50 hours per week
• Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
• Work setting
  Various locations
  Tasks
• Plan or adjust routes based on changing conditions, using computer equipment, global positioning systems (GPS) equipment, or other navigation devices, to minimize fuel consumption and carbon emissions
• Address customers’ complaints or concerns
• Professionalism in customer service
• Arrange travel, related itineraries and make reservations
• Drive as part of a two-person team or convoy
• 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
• Perform pre-trip, en route and post-trip inspection and oversee all aspects of vehicle
• 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
• Driver’s License (Class 1 or A)
  Documentation knowledge
• Driver logbook
• Trip reports
  Type of trucking and equipment
• Tractor-trailer
  Transportation/travel experience
• Local
• Long-haul
• Provincial/territorial
• Short-haul
  Work conditions and physical capabilities
• Attention to detail
• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks
• Sitting
  Weight handling
• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
  Own tools/equipment
• Cellular phone
• Steel-toed safety boots
  Personal suitability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Hardworking
  Health benefits
• Dental plan
• Health care plan
• Vision care benefits