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Job Details

Truck Dispatcher

Employer

ELEFANTE EXPRESS LTD.

Date Posted

November 26, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Calgary, AB
  • Earnings $36.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 34 to 40 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 2  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Dec 26, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

ELEFANTE EXPRESS LTD.

Languages

English

Education

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

Tasks

  • Light cleaning duties
  • Maintain work records and logs
  • Monitor personnel workloads and locations
  • Perform general office duties
  • Advise vehicle operators of traffic and other problems
  • Assist with maintenance of communications equipment
  • Dispatch personnel according to schedules and work orders
  • Follow-up on issues with work orders
  • Keep track of shipments
  • Knowledge of cross border dispatching regulations and practices
  • Knowledge of highway trucking and associated rules and regulations
  • Maintain vehicle operator work records
  • Process and transmit information and instructions to co-ordinate the activities of vehicle operators and crews using dispatching equipment
  • 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

Supervision

11-15 people

Computer and technology knowledge

  • Word processing software
  • Operate GPS (Global Positioning System) and other navigation equipment

Service experience

Trucking

Specialization or experience

Green economy sector

Security and safety

Criminal record check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Ability to work independently
  • Attention to detail
  • Tight deadlines
  • Work under pressure

Screening questions

  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
  • Are you willing to relocate for this position?

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

Green job

Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • Learning/training paid by employer

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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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Physical Abilities

Motor Coordination

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Manual Dexterity

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