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Long haul truck driver

  • Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
  • Experience: Will train

Tasks

  • Drive as part of a two-person team or convoy
  • Load and unload goods
  • 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 

  • Driver's License (Class 1 or A)

Documentation knowledge

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

Transportation/travel information

  • Valid driver's licence

Weight handling

  • Up to 13.5 kg (30 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

  • Steel-toed safety boots

Workplace information

  • On the road job

Support for newcomers and refugees

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

Support for youths

  • Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth

Support for Indigenous people

  • Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers
  • Work Term: Permanent
  • Work Language: English
  • Hours: 40 to 50 hours per week