Tow truck driver

• Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
• Langue de travail: Anglais
• Heures de travail: 35 to 40 hours per week
• Education:
• Expérience:

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Work setting

• Various locations

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
• 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
• Receive and relay information to central dispatch
• Record cargo information, hours of service, distance travelled and fuel consumption
• Load and unload vehicle

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Driver's License (Class 3 or D)

Documentation knowledge

• Inspection report (pre-trip, en-route, post-trip)
• Trip reports

Type of trucking and equipment

• Tow truck

Security and safety

• Criminal record check
• Driver's validity licence check
• Driving record check (abstract)
• Medical exam

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence
• Willing to travel for extended periods
• Willing to travel overnight

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Attention to detail
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks

Weight handling

• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Excellent oral communication
• Flexibility
• Organized
• Reliability
• Hardworking
• Patience

Employment terms options

• Early morning
• Evening

Experience

• 2 years to less than 3 years

Employment terms options

• Morning
• Night
• Day
• Weekend
• Overtime required
• Overtime available

Workplace information

• On the road job

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees

Support for youths

• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth

Support for Indigenous people

• Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers