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Job Details

Dispatcher, Trucks

Employer

GTR Express Inc

Date Posted

October 24, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Calgary, AB
  • Earnings $30.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 40 to 50 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 2  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Nov 23, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

GTR Express Inc

Languages

English

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Work setting

Transportation

Tasks

  • Ensure accuracy of completed time sheets, payroll and other summaries
  • Ensure proper functioning of equipment
  • Maintain work records and logs
  • Monitor personnel workloads and locations
  • Provide customer service
  • Advise vehicle operators of traffic and other problems
  • Assist with maintenance of communications equipment
  • Dispatch personnel according to schedules and work orders
  • Dispatch personnel as required by emergency situations
  • Follow-up on issues with work orders
  • Keep track of shipments
  • Maintain vehicle operator work records
  • Record mileage, fuel use, repairs and other expenses
  • Respond to urgent calls from individual who find themselves in life threatening situation and who require assistance
  • Schedule assignments and co-ordinate activities of vehicle operators, crews and equipment

Computer and technology knowledge

  • Electronic mail
  • Spreadsheet
  • Internet

Personal suitability

  • Client focus
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Flexibility
  • Organized
  • Reliability

Screening questions

  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Are you available for the advertised start date?
  • Are you currently a student?
  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
  • Are you willing to relocate for this position?
  • Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
  • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
  • Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
  • Do you have the necessary equipment for remote work (i.e. internet, home office, etc.)?
  • What is the highest level of study you have completed?
  • What is your current field of study?
  • What is your current level of study?

Experience

1 to less than 7 months


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Dispatcher, Trucks is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Dispatchers
METHODICAL

Interest in compiling information to maintain operator work records using computerized or manual methods; and in monitoring personnel workloads and locations

DIRECTIVE

Interest in operating computer-aided communications and dispatching equipment to process and transmit information and instructions to co-ordinate the activities of vehicle operators, crews and equipment; and in dispatching personnel according to written schedules, work orders and as required by emergency situations

SOCIAL

Interest in speaking with vehicle operators to advise on route and traffic problems such as construction, accidents, congestion, weather conditions and weight and size restrictions

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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