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Job Details

Truck Dispatcher

Employer

DTS Trucking Ltd.

Date Posted

October 23, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Fort McMurray, AB
  • Earnings $28.85 hourly
  • Work Hours 40 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Nov 22, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

DTS Trucking Ltd.

Languages

English

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Tasks

  • Maintain work records and logs
  • Advise vehicle operators of traffic and other problems
  • Dispatch personnel according to schedules and work orders
  • Dispatch personnel as required by emergency situations
  • Maintain vehicle operator work records
  • Process and transmit information and instructions to co-ordinate the activities of vehicle operators and crews using dispatching equipment
  • Record mileage, fuel use, repairs and other expenses

Experience

1 to less than 7 months

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Truck Dispatcher 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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