shipper-receiver

Additional Information

• Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
• Experience: 1 to less than 7 months

Work setting

• Freight forwarding company
• Manufacture
• Retail/wholesale establishment/distribution centre

Tasks

• Prepare bills of lading, invoices and other shipping documents
• Assemble containers and crates
• Inspect and verify incoming goods against invoices or other documents
• Record shortages and reject damaged goods
• Route goods to appropriate storage areas
• Unpack goods received
• Affix identifying information and shipping instructions on shipments
• Oversee loading and unloading of goods

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Counterbalanced forklift training
• Forklift Operator Certification

Equipment and machinery experience

• Industrial lift trucks and fork-lifts

Transportation/travel information

• Public transportation is available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Work under pressure
• Attention to detail
• Physically demanding
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Tight deadlines

Weight handling

• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

• Safety equipment/gear

Personal suitability

• Dependability
• Excellent written communication
• Organized
• Team player

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Health care plan
• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 40 hours per week