Operator, Truck - Blenheim, Canada - Kent Farm Supplies Limited
Kent Farm Supplies Limited
Blenheim, Canada
Verified Company
2 weeks ago
Description
Work Term:
Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 30 to 50 hours per week
- Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: 5 years or more
Work setting:
- Various locations
Tasks:
- Address customers' complaints or concerns
- 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 emergency roadside repairs
- Perform pretrip, en route and posttrip inspection and oversee all aspects of vehicle
- 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 Brake (Z) Endorsement
- Driver's License (Class 1 or A)
Documentation knowledge:
- Driver logbook
- Inspection report (pretrip, enroute, posttrip)
- Trip reports
Type of trucking and equipment:
- Rolloff truck
- Extended length tractortrailer combination
- Flatbed
- Tractortrailer
- Tractortrailer
- Tractortrailer
Transportation/travel experience:
- International
- Local
- Longhaul
- Provincial/territorial
- Shorthaul
Security and safety:
- Valid passport
- Driver's validity licence check
- Driving record check (abstract)
- Drug test
Transportation/travel information:
- Travel expenses paid by employer
- Valid driver's licence
- Willing to travel crossborder
- Willing to travel for extended periods
- Willing to travel overnight
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Attention to detail
- Handling heavy loads
- Large workload
- Overtime required
- Physically demanding
- Sitting
Weight handling:
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Personal suitability:
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
Screening questions:
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
Workplace information:
- On the road job