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Long haul truck driver
- Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
- Langue de travail: Anglais
- Heures de travail: 35 to 44 hours per week
- Education:
- Expérience:
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
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
- 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
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Class 1/1F/A Licence (semi trailer trucks)
- Air Brake (Z) Endorsement
Documentation knowledge
- Driver logbook
- Maintenance and repair reports
Type of trucking and equipment
- Tractor-trailer
Transportation/travel experience
- Local
- Long-haul
- Provincial/territorial
Security and safety
- Valid passport
- Basic security clearance
- Driving record check (abstract)
Transportation/travel information
- 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
- Attention to detail
- Repetitive tasks
- Sitting
Own tools/equipment
- Cellular phone
Personal suitability
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Hardworking
Employment terms options
- Early morning
- Evening
Experience
- 1 year to less than 2 years
Employment terms options
- Morning
- Night
- On call
- Day
- Weekend