What the posting asks for

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Hours and terms

• Full time, Permanent employment

Usually needed for this kind of work

• Some secondary school education may be required.
• Often asked for in B.C.: Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) training certificate. Needed to handle, ship or transport dangerous goods.
• Often asked for in B.C.: WHMIS training. Training on hazardous products at work. Many employers ask for it.

From Canada's occupation guide (OaSIS) for Material handlers (equipment operators) (NOC 75101). It describes this kind of work in general, not this employer's ad.

What this work usually involves

• Move household appliances and furniture onto and off moving trucks or vans
• Operate winches and other loading devices to load and unload materials onto and off trucks, railway cars and loading docks of warehouses and industrial establishments
• Operate industrial trucks, tractors, loaders and other equipment to transport materials to and from transportation vehicles and loading docks and to store and retrieve materials in warehouses
• Connect hoses or pipes and operate equipment to load and unload liquid petroleum, chemical or other products into or from tank cars, tank trucks or storage tanks
• Operate equipment to dump materials such as coal, ore and grain into or to remove materials from railway cars, trucks or other vehicles
• Operate conveyors and equipment to transfer grain or other materials from transportation vehicles to elevators, bins or other storage areas

About the employer

• Region: Lower Mainland–Southwest Region