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Job Details

Shipping Agent

Employer

Rocky Mountain Soap Company Inc

Date Posted

June 06, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Banff, AB
  • Earnings $19.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 35 to 40 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 2  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Aug 05, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

Rocky Mountain Soap Company Inc

Languages

English

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Work setting

  • Retail service establishment
  • Warehouse
  • Retail/wholesale establishment/distribution centre

Tasks

  • Determine method of shipment
  • Schedule distribution of goods
  • Schedule transportation conveyances
  • Prepare bills of lading, invoices and other shipping documents
  • Assemble containers and crates
  • Inspect and verify incoming goods against invoices or other documents
  • Maintain internal record-keeping system
  • Record shortages and reject damaged goods
  • Route goods to appropriate storage areas
  • Pack goods to be shipped
  • Unpack goods received
  • Affix identifying information and shipping instructions on shipments
  • Oversee loading and unloading of goods

Computer and technology knowledge

MS Windows

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Dollies and hand trucks
  • Hoists or winches
  • Pallet lifters
  • Scanner

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Attention to detail
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Large workload
  • Overtime required
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Tight deadlines

Weight handling

  • Up to 9 kg (20 lbs)
  • Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

  • Accurate
  • Client focus
  • Dependability
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Flexibility
  • Initiative
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player

Experience

Will train

Financial benefits

Group insurance benefits

Other benefits

Wellness program

Support for newcomers and refugees

Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition

Support for Indigenous people

Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations


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

Interest Codes

Shippers and Receivers
METHODICAL

Interest in compiling information to maintain internal manual or computerized record-keeping systems; and in coding goods

OBJECTIVE

Interest in operating computers to keep records; and in unpacking and routing goods to appropriate storage areas; may operate fork lifts, hand trucks and other equipment to load, unload, transport and store goods

directive

Interest in overseeing loading and unloading of goods from trucks and other conveyances

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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