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Truck Dispatcher
Employer
L.S. CarriersDate Posted
November 22, 2024Languages
English-
Location Edmonton, AB
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Earnings $27.08 hourly
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Work Hours 40 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 1  Vacancy
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Closing Date Dec 22, 2024
Employer
L.S. Carriers
Languages
English
Education
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Work setting
Transportation
Tasks
- Ensure proper functioning of equipment
- Maintain work records and logs
- 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
- Knowledge of highway trucking and associated rules and regulations
- 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
- Contact customers to deliver requested wakeup calls
Service experience
Trucking
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Attention to detail
- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Tight deadlines
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
Experience
Will train
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Interest Codes
- METHODICAL
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Interest in compiling information to maintain operator work records using computerized or manual methods; and in monitoring personnel workloads and locations
- DIRECTIVE
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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
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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
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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.
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