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Job Details

Shipper-Receiver

Employer

Denca Distributors Ltd

Date Posted

May 07, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Calgary, AB
  • Earnings $20.00 to $23.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 40 to 44 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date May 21, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

Denca Distributors Ltd

Languages

English

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Work setting

  • Urban area
  • Manufacture

Tasks

  • Determine method of shipment
  • Assemble containers and crates
  • Inspect and verify incoming goods against invoices or other documents
  • Record shortages and reject damaged goods
  • Pack goods to be shipped
  • Unpack goods received
  • Assist trucks and delivery drivers to load and unload vehicles

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

Forklift Operator Certification

Computer and technology knowledge

  • Database software
  • Inventory control software
  • Spreadsheet
  • MS Excel

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Industrial lift trucks and fork-lifts
  • Loader
  • Pallet lifters

Area of specialization

Truck driving

Security and safety

  • Driver's validity licence check
  • Driving record check (abstract)

Transportation/travel information

  • Valid driver's licence
  • Driver's abstract

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Attention to detail
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Standing for extended periods

Weight handling

Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

  • Safety equipment/gear
  • Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

  • Excellent written communication
  • Flexibility
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Health care plan

Financial benefits

  • Group insurance benefits
  • Life insurance

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Shipper-Receiver is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Shippers and Receivers
METHODICAL

Interest in compiling information to maintain internal manual or computerized record-keeping systems; and in coding goods

OBJECTIVE

Interest in operating computers to keep records; and in unpacking and routing goods to appropriate storage areas; may operate fork lifts, hand trucks and other equipment to load, unload, transport and store goods

directive

Interest in overseeing loading and unloading of goods from trucks and other conveyances

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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Abilities

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Visual Abilities

Spatial Perception

Form Perception

Clerical Perception

Physical Abilities

Motor Coordination

Finger Dexterity

Manual Dexterity

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