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Driver, courier service

  • Work Term: Permanent
  • Work Language: English
  • Hours: 40 to 50 hours per week
  • Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
  • Experience: Experience an asset

Work setting

  • Courier company

Tasks

  • Operate and drive automobiles, vans and light trucks to pick up and deliver various items and products
  • Professionalism in customer service
  • Receive and relay information to central dispatch
  • Keep a record of items received and delivered
  • Load and unload goods
  • Sort packages for delivery
  • Follow directions and read map
  • Use maps and other trip planning aids
  • Record trip information such as vehicle mileage, fuel costs and any problems
  • Perform pre-trip, en route and post-trip inspection and oversee all aspects of vehicle

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Class 5/5F/G Licence (cars, small trucks and other 2-axle vehicles)

Transportation/travel experience

  • Local

Security and safety

  • Criminal record check
  • Driving record check (abstract)

Transportation/travel information

  • Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Attention to detail
  • Fast-paced environment

Weight handling

  • Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

  • Steel-toed safety boots
  • Gloves

Personal suitability

  • Client focus
  • Flexibility
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Dependability
  • Initiative
  • Punctuality

Employment terms options

  • Day
  • Overtime available

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Paramedical services coverage
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

  • Group insurance benefits
  • Life insurance

Long term benefits

  • Long-term care insurance