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Forklift operator

  • Durée de l'emploi: Temporaire
  • Langue de travail: Anglais
  • Heures de travail: 40 hours per week
  • Education:
  • Expérience:

Education

  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Work setting

  • Trucking company
  • Warehouse
  • Cross-docking facility

Tasks

  • Load, unload and move products and materials by hand or with basic material handling equipment
  • Operate a variety of equipment to load, unload and move materials and products
  • Ship orders
  • Pick orders and stock
  • Weigh materials and goods
  • Wrap goods
  • Pack and unpack goods
  • Transport and distribute materials and goods
  • Organize inventories using computerized inventory control systems

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Counterbalanced forklift training
  • Narrow aisle forklift training
  • Forklift Operator Certification
  • Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate

Type of product

  • Industrial supplies

Vehicle and equipment experience

  • Dollies and hand trucks
  • Strapping machine
  • Towmotors
  • Reach trucks
  • Radio frequency scanners (RFS)
  • Conveyor
  • Industrial lift trucks and fork-lifts
  • Loader
  • Pallet lifters

Parts specialization

  • Hardware

Area of specialization

  • Shipping and receiving

Security and safety

  • Bondable
  • Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

  • Own transportation
  • Public transportation is available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Work under pressure
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Tight deadlines
  • Physically demanding
  • Manual dexterity
  • Attention to detail
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Standing for extended periods

Weight handling

  • Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

  • Steel-toed safety boots

Screening questions

  • Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
  • Do you have experience working in this field?
  • Do you have the equipment you need to work from home (like internet and a workspace)?
  • Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
  • Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?

Experience

  • 1 year to less than 2 years

Employment terms options

  • Morning
  • Night

Other benefits

  • Other benefits