long haul truck driver

Minimum Requirements

• Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• Experience: 7 months to less than 1 year

Work Setting

• Various locations

Tasks

• Address customers' complaints or concerns
• Provide professionalism in customer service
• Arrange travel, related itineraries, and make reservations
• Load and unload goods
• Operate and drive straight or articulated trucks to transport goods and materials
• Oversee condition of vehicle and inspect tires, lights, brakes, cold storage, and other equipment
• Pay and receive payments for goods
• Perform pre-trip, en route, and post-trip inspection and oversee all aspects of vehicle
• Receive and relay information to central dispatch
• Record cargo information, hours of service, distance travelled, and fuel consumption

Documentation Knowledge

• Accident or incident reports
• Inspection report (pre-trip, en-route, post-trip)