Truck Driver

Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
- Langue de travail: Anglais
- Heures de travail: 40 to 50 hours per week
- Education:

- Expérience:
**Education**:

- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
**Work setting**:

- Various locations
**Tasks**:

- 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
- 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**:

- Class 5/5F/G Licence (cars, small trucks and other 2-axle vehicles)
**Documentation knowledge**:

- Accident or incident reports
- Bill of lading
- Driver logbook
- Maintenance and repair reports
- Trans-border documentation
- Trip reports
**Type of trucking and equipment**:

- Flatbed
- Tractor-trailer
**Communication systems experience**:

- Citizens band (CB) radio
- Operate GPS (Global Positioning System) and other navigation equipment
**Transportation/travel experience**:

- International
- Long-haul
- National
**Security and safety**:

- Driving record check (abstract)
- Drug test
**Transportation/travel information**:

- Travel expenses paid by employer
- Valid driver's licence
- Willing to travel cross-border
- Willing to travel for extended periods
- Willing to travel internationally
- Willing to travel overnight
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Handling heavy loads
- Large workload
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Sitting
**Weight handling**:

- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
**Personal suitability**:

- Flexibility
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
**Experience**:

- Experience an asset
**Green job**:

- Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes
**Support for newcomers and refugees**:

- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports newcomers and/or refugees
- Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.)
- Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.)
- Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
- Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition
- Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and/or refugees with experienced employees
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees
- Does not require Canadian work experience
**Support for Indigenous people**:

- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Indigenous people
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers
- Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations
- Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers
- Facilitates access to Elders who can offer support and guidance to Indigenous workers
**Supports for visible minorities**:

- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports members of visible minorities
- Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
- Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities