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Job Details

Material Handler

Employer

Westridge Painting & Coating Ltd

Date Posted

October 15, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Airdrie, AB
  • Earnings $20.20 hourly
  • Work Hours 32 to 40 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 3  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Nov 14, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

Westridge Painting & Coating Ltd

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

  • Outdoors
  • At heights
  • Dusty
  • Hot
  • Noisy
  • Wet/damp

Work setting

Various locations

Tasks

  • Build pallets
  • 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
  • Pick orders and stock
  • Weigh materials and goods
  • Make labels and attach to goods
  • Provide customer service
  • Wrap goods
  • Pack and unpack goods
  • Install, lash and secure goods
  • Transport and distribute materials and goods
  • Organize and maintain inventory

Area of specialization

Construction

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Work under pressure
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Tight deadlines
  • Physically demanding
  • Attention to detail
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Large workload
  • Ability to distinguish between colours
  • Sitting
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Standing for extended periods

Weight handling

Up to 9 kg (20 lbs)

Personal suitability

  • Adaptability
  • Collaborative
  • Efficiency
  • Energetic
  • Dependability
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Client focus
  • Organized
  • Flexibility

Experience

1 to less than 7 months


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Material Handler is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Material Handlers (manual)
METHODICAL

Interest in comparing information to perform other material handling activities such as counting, weighing, sorting, packing and unpacking

OBJECTIVE

Interest in feeding - offbearing to move household appliances and furniture on and off moving trucks and vans

innovative

Interest in arranging articles in vans to form compact loads and in securing articles to prevent damage and breakage

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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