transport truck driver

Education:

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.

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.
• Professionalism in customer service.
• Load and unload goods.
• Obtain special permits and other documents required to transport cargo on international routes.
• 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.
• Transport and handle dangerous goods.

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses :

• AZ class license.
• Air Brakes Endorsement.
• Air Brake (Z) Endorsement.

Type of trucking and equipment:

Tractor-trailer.

Work conditions and physical capabilities:

• Physically demanding.
• Repetitive tasks.
• Sitting.

Personal suitability:

• Flexibility.
• Organized.
• Reliability.
• Hardworking.

Experience:

7 months to less than 1 year.

Employment terms options:

• Evening.
• Morning.
• Day.