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Job Details

Driver, Courier Service

Employer

1995598 ALBERTA LTD

Date Posted

October 14, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Red Deer, AB
  • Earnings $230.00 daily
  • Work Hours 40 to 45 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Dec 06, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

1995598 ALBERTA LTD

Languages

English

Education

  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  • or equivalent experience

Work site environment

  • Outdoors
  • Motor vehicles

Work setting

Courier company

Tasks

  • Deliver and pick up messages, parcels, and other items by hand
  • Operate and drive automobiles, vans and light trucks to pick up and deliver various items and products
  • Professionalism in customer service
  • Receive and relay information to central dispatch
  • Keep a record of items received and delivered
  • Prepare, package and restock goods
  • Transport and handle dangerous goods
  • Accept and deliver messages and packages for events, conferences or assemblies
  • Load and unload goods
  • Sort packages for delivery
  • Follow directions and read map
  • Record trip information such as vehicle mileage, fuel costs and any problems
  • Provide customer service
  • Perform pre-trip, en route and post-trip inspection and oversee all aspects of vehicle

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Class 5/5F/G Licence (cars, small trucks and other 2-axle vehicles)
  • Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) Certificate

Transportation/travel experience

Local

Security and safety

Criminal record check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Attention to detail
  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Physically demanding
  • Handling heavy loads

Weight handling

Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

  • Gloves
  • Uniform

Personal suitability

  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Flexibility
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Accurate
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Punctuality

Screening questions

Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?

Experience

1 to less than 7 months


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Driver, Courier Service is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Delivery and Courier Service Drivers
METHODICAL

Interest in copying to record information on pick-ups and deliveries, vehicle mileage, fuel costs and any problems; and in performing pre-trip inspections of vehicles

OBJECTIVE

Interest in driving automobiles, vans and light trucks

social

Interest in speaking to customers to sell products over established routes and accept and make payments for goods; may communicate with central dispatchers using cellular telephones and citizen's band (CB) radios

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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Motor Coordination

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