dispatcher, trucks

  • Work Term: Permanent
  • Work Language: English
  • Hours: 40 to 48 hours per week
  • Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
  • Experience: 1 to less than 7 months

  • Work setting


  • Transportation

  • Tasks


  • Maintain work records and logs
  • Monitor personnel workloads and locations
  • Perform general office duties
  • Provide customer service
  • Advise vehicle operators of traffic and other problems
  • Dispatch personnel according to schedules and work orders
  • Keep track of shipments
  • Knowledge of cross border dispatching regulations and practices
  • Knowledge of highway trucking and associated rules and regulations
  • Process and transmit information and instructions to co-ordinate the activities of vehicle operators and crews using dispatching equipment
  • Record mileage, fuel use, repairs and other expenses

  • Computer and technology knowledge


  • Dispatch management service software
  • Monitoring and tracking software
  • Word processing software
  • Electronic mail
  • Operate GPS (Global Positioning System) and other navigation equipment
  • Spreadsheet
  • Internet
  • MS Windows

  • Service experience


  • Trucking

  • Security and safety


  • Criminal record check

  • Transportation/travel information


  • Own transportation

  • Work conditions and physical capabilities


  • Attention to detail
  • Fast-paced environment
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Tight deadlines
  • Work under pressure

  • Personal suitability


  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Flexibility
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player

  • Health benefits


  • Dental plan
  • Health care plan
  • Vision care benefits

  • Financial benefits


  • Group insurance benefits
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