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Long haul truck driver
- Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
- Langue de travail: Anglais
- Heures de travail: 40 to 60 hours per week
- Education:
- Expérience:
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Work setting
- Various locations
Tasks
- Professionalism in customer service
- 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
- Pay and receive payments for 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
- AZ class license
- Air Brakes Endorsement
- Air Brake (Z) Endorsement
Documentation knowledge
- Driver logbook
- Inspection report (pre-trip, en-route, post-trip)
- Maintenance and repair reports
Communication systems experience
- Operate GPS (Global Positioning System) and other navigation equipment
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
- Driving record check (abstract)
- Drug test
Transportation/travel information
- Valid driver's licence
- Willing to travel for extended periods
- Willing to travel overnight
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Sitting
Employment terms options
- Early morning
- Evening
Experience
- 3 years to less than 5 years
Employment terms options
- Morning
- Night
- Day
- Weekend
- Overtime available
Workplace information
- On the road job