Work setting

Tasks

Ensure accuracy of completed time sheets, payroll and other summaries
Ensure proper functioning of equipment
Maintain work records and logs
Monitor personnel workloads and locations
Perform general office duties
Provide customer service
Advise vehicle operators of traffic and other problems
Dispatch personnel according to schedules and work orders
Dispatch personnel as required by emergency situations
Follow-up on issues with work orders
Keep track of shipments
Knowledge of cross border dispatching regulations and practices
Knowledge of highway trucking and associated rules and regulations
Maintain vehicle operator work records
Operate radio equipment
Process and transmit information and instructions to co-ordinate the activities of vehicle operators and crews using dispatching equipment
Record mileage, fuel use, repairs and other expenses
Respond to urgent calls from individual who find themselves in life threatening situation and who require assistance
Schedule assignments and co-ordinate activities of vehicle operators, crews and equipment