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Long haul truck driver
- Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
- Langue de travail: Anglais
- Heures de travail: 35 hours per week
- Education:
- Expérience:
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- or equivalent experience
Work setting
- Various locations
Tasks
- Drive as part of a two-person team or convoy
- 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 emergency roadside repairs
- 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
Documentation knowledge
- Accident or incident reports
- Bill of lading
- Dangerous goods occurrence reports
- Driver logbook
- Inspection report (pre-trip, en-route, post-trip)
- Maintenance and repair reports
- Trans-border documentation
- Trip reports
Type of trucking and equipment
- Dry bulk
- Tractor-trailer
Transportation/travel experience
- Long-haul
Transportation/travel information
- Valid driver's licence
- Willing to travel internationally
- Willing to travel overnight
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Physically demanding
- Sitting
Personal suitability
- Judgement
- Hardworking
Employment terms options
- Evening
- Flexible hours
- Morning
- Night
Experience
- No experience (will train)
Employment terms options
- Day
- Weekend
Workplace information
- On the road job
Support for youths
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth
Supports for visible minorities
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities