← Back
Short haul truck driver
- Durée de l'emploi: Saisonnier
- Langue de travail: Anglais ou Français
- Heures de travail: 30 to 60 hours per week
- Education:
- Expérience:
Education
- No degree, certificate or diploma
Work setting
- Remote location
- Staff accommodation provided
- Processing plant
Tasks
- Arrange travel, related itineraries and make reservations
- Drive lighter, special purpose trucks
- 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 emergency roadside repairs
- Perform pre-trip, en route and post-trip inspection and oversee all aspects of vehicle
- 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)
Type of trucking and equipment
- Extended length tractor-trailer combination
- Flatbed
- Refrigerated
- Straight truck (4,600kg+ or 10,000lbs+ with 3+ axles)
- Tow truck
- Tractor-trailer
- Tractor-trailer A train
- Tractor-trailer B train
Transportation/travel experience
- Local
- Regional
- Short-haul
Security and safety
- Driver's validity licence check
- Driving record check (abstract)
Transportation/travel information
- Valid driver's licence
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Sitting
Weight handling
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
Screening questions
- Do you have experience working in this field?
- Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
Employment terms options
- Early morning
- Evening
Experience
- 1 year to less than 2 years
Employment terms options
- Shift
- Flexible hours
- Morning
- Night
- On call
- To be determined
- Day
- Weekend
Health benefits
- Disability benefits
Other benefits
- On-site housing options
Support for youths
- Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth
Support for Indigenous people
- Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations
Support for mature workers
- Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
Supports for visible minorities
- Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)