Job description Deliverer Helper in the Kootenay Region

Find out what work is like for a deliverer helper in Canada. This work description is applicable to all Railway and motor transport labourers (NOC 75211).

Railway and motor transport labourers

Description

Railway and motor transport labourers perform a variety of tasks to assist track maintenance workers and railway yard workers, or motor transport operators. They are employed by railway transport companies and motor transport companies.

Job duties

Here are some of the main activities and tasks that Railway and motor transport labourers have to perform, and some of the physical demands they involve:

  • Railway labourers
  • Transport tools and equipment on push or hand car and perform other duties to assist railway track maintenance workers to lay, maintain and repair railway tracks
  • Cut vegetation growth from railway tracks using scythes and mowers
  • Check freight cars for physical damage and cleanliness.
  • Motor transport labourers
  • Assist truck and delivery drivers to load and unload vehicles
  • Perform labouring duties in warehouses.

Related job titles

Here are some other related job titles that are found in the same occupational category (NOC 75211), and a list of similar occupations:

  • car checker - railway
  • delivery truck helper
  • furniture mover helper
  • mover helper
  • railway labourer
  • signal gang helper
  • swamper - truck transport
  • truck driver helper

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Sources Occupational and Skills Information System & National Occupational Classification

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