General Labourer - Material Handling

Work setting

• Warehouse
• Trucking company
• Various locations

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Arrange for shipping, receiving and storage
• Co-ordinate set-ups, staging, seating, parking, communication systems and other details for special events
• Wrap goods
• Transport and distribute materials and goods
• Store cargo and materials
• Pick orders and stock
• Operate a variety of equipment to load, unload and move materials and products
• Load, unload and move products and materials by hand or with basic material handling equipment
• Make labels and attach to goods
• Pack and unpack goods
• Build pallets
• Ship orders
• Provide customer service
• Organize and maintain inventory
• Sort, crate and stack goods
• Install, lash and secure goods

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

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

Experience and specialization

Type of heavy equipment operated

• Industrial lift trucks and fork-lifts

Equipment and machinery experience

• Dollies and hand trucks
• Pallet lifters

Area of work experience

• Business
• Convention centre
• Hotel, motel, resort

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check
• Drug test

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence
• Own transportation

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Attention to detail
• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Fast-paced environment
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Manual dexterity
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Large workload

Weight handling

• Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots
• Uniform

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Organized
• Team player
• Time management
• Dependability
• Reliability
• Adaptability
• Collaborative
• Analytical
• Creativity
• Efficiency
• Energetic
• Goal-oriented
• Hardworking
• Integrity
• Outgoing
• Positive attitude
• Proactive
• Quick learner