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TRUCK DRIVER (NOC 73300)
Job # : 554655
Target groups:
Newcomers in Canada
Posted date: February 27, 2025
Posted till: August 26, 2025
Web Site: https://ags-freight.com/
Job detail
- Location - Brampton, ON L7A 3E7
- Workplace Information - On the road
- Salary - $34.20 hourly / 50 to 60 hours per week
- Terms of employment - Permanent employment & Full time
- Employment Conditions - Day, Early Morning, Evening, Morning, Night, Weekend
- Starts as soon as possible
- Benefits: Other benefits - 4% Vacation Pay + WSIB
- Vacancies - 5 Vacancies
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Experience
Will train
On the road
Work locations may vary. Frequent or constant travel is required from the employee.
Responsibilities
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
- Coach colleagues on new methods or work techniques
- Professionalism in customer service
- Drive as part of a two-person team or convoy
- Load and unload goods
- Obtain special permits and other documents required to transport cargo on international routes
- 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
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- AZ class license
- Air Brakes Endorsement
- Class 1/1F/A Licence (semi trailer trucks)
Additional information
Personal suitability
- Organized
- Reliability
- Hardworking
Benefits
Other benefits
- Other benefits - 4% Vacation Pay + WSIB
Employment groups
This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:
Support for persons with disabilities, Support for newcomers and refugees, Support for youths, Support for Veterans, Support for Indigenous people, Support for mature workers, Supports for visible minorities