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Laborers are responsible for various tasks in a safety-oriented environment, including operating heavy equipment and handling hazardous materials. Laborers operate various types of equipment, such as dolly, high-pressure washing machine, shovel and wheelbarrow - drive various vehicles, including trucks, forklifts, cranes - wearing protective clothing and equipment - work with soaps, caustic solutions and fuel oil Other job requirements include: - good hand eye coordination - frequently lifting weights up to 50 pounds - occasionally lifting weights up to 100 pounds - physical work, sometime in extreme weather conditions - exposure to heat, cold, water, oil, grease, battery acid, fumes and noise.
Please be advised no applications are accepted via email.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Numeracy
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Driver's licence
Specific Skills
- Shovel snow from railway switch boxes
- Perform labouring duties in warehouses
- Cut vegetation growth from railway tracks using scythes and mowers
- Check freight cars for physical damage and cleanliness
- Assist railway track maintenance workers to lay, maintain and repair railway tracks
- Assist trucks and delivery drivers to load and unload vehicles
Type Of Experience
- Railway transport company
Weight Handling
- Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)