facilities porter

Work site environment

• Outdoors

Work setting

• Remote location
• Room and board provided
• Staff accommodation provided
• Hotel, motel, resort
• Willing to relocate
• Maintenance
• Horticulture and/or gardening

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Convey travellers luggage by hand or hand truck
• Assist passengers as required
• Assist clients/guests with special needs
• Attend to baggage problems
• Attend to group arrivals and departures
• Escort incoming guests to their rooms
• Provide information regarding features of rooms, service of hotel and points of interest
• Utilize hand and power tools
• Perform preventive maintenance
• Perform routine maintenance
• Load and unload goods
• Load and unload vessels
• Attend to guests' requests for extra supplies or other items
• Assist in pruning trees, shrubs and plants
• Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
• Apply fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides, pesticides and other lawn care products

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate

Experience and specialization

Area of specialization

• Grounds maintenance

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Fast-paced environment
• Handling heavy loads
• Large workload
• Physically demanding
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Work under pressure

Weight handling

• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
• Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Team player