labourer - material handling

Education

• Education requirements not specified

Work Setting

• Various locations
• Trucking company
• Warehouse
• Moving and storage company

Tasks

• 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
• Provide customer service
• Pack and unpack goods
• Install, lash and secure goods
• Transport and distribute materials and goods
• Organize and maintain inventory

Certificates, Licences, Memberships, and Courses

• First Aid Certificate
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate

Vehicle and Equipment Experience

• Dollies and hand trucks
• Industrial lift trucks and fork-lifts

Security and Safety

• Criminal record check
• Driving record check (abstract)

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Hand-eye coordination
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)

Own Tools/Equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots
• Uniform

Personal Suitability

• Energetic
• Goal-oriented
• Hardworking
• Integrity
• Outgoing
• Proactive
• Quick learner
• Time management
• Reliability
• Team player
• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Organized
• Flexibility