Long Distance Truck Driver

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 to 60 hours per week
- Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
- **Work setting**:

- Various locations
- ** Tasks**:

- Plan or adjust routes based on changing conditions, using computer equipment, global positioning systems (GPS) equipment, or other navigation devices, to minimize fuel consumption and carbon emissions
- Address customers' complaints or concerns
- Coach colleagues on new methods or work techniques
- Professionalism in customer service
- Drive as part of a two-person team or convoy
- Drive lighter, special purpose trucks
- 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
- 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
- ** Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- Class 1/1F/A Licence (semi trailer trucks)
- Class 3/3F/DF Licence (trailer truck, vehicles with more than 3 axles)
- ** Documentation knowledge**:

- Accident or incident reports
- Bill of lading
- Driver logbook
- Inspection report (pre-trip, en-route, post-trip)
- Maintenance and repair reports
- Trip reports
- ** Type of trucking and equipment**:

- Extended length tractor-trailer combination
- Liquid bulk
- Refrigerated
- Tractor-trailer
- Tractor-trailer A train
- Tractor-trailer B train
- ** Communication systems experience**:

- Operate GPS (Global Positioning System) and other navigation equipment
- Trip recorder (on-board computer)
- ** Transportation/travel experience**:

- Local
- Long-haul
- National
- Provincial/territorial
- Regional
- Short-haul
- ** Security and safety**:

- Criminal record check
- Driver's validity licence check
- Driving record check (abstract)
- ** Transportation/travel information**:

- Valid driver's licence
- Willing to travel cross-border
- Willing to travel for extended periods
- ** Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

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

- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
- ** Own tools/equipment**:

- Steel-toed safety boots
- Safety vest
- Gloves
- ** Personal suitability**:

- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Hardworking
- Patience
- ** Financial benefits**:

- Mileage paid
- ** Support for newcomers and refugees**:

- Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
- 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
- **Support for youths**:

- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth
- ** Support for Indigenous people**:

- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers
- **Support for mature workers**:

- Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
- **Supports for visible minorities**:

- Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees