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Job Details

Mechanic Helper, Heavy Equipment

Employer

WPI Canada

Date Posted

May 06, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Spruce Grove, AB
  • Earnings $23.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 30 to 40 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Jun 05, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

WPI Canada

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

  • Confined spaces
  • Dangerous
  • Noisy
  • Dusty
  • Hot
  • Wet/damp

Tasks

  • Move tools, equipment and other materials
  • Help tradespersons, apprentices and other workers as directed
  • Clean machines and immediate work areas
  • Repair and maintain equipment
  • Perform other labouring and elemental activities
  • Assist mechanics and perform other duties as directed
  • Assist in operation, repair and maintenance
  • Installing machinery and equipment

Area of work experience

  • Installation
  • Maintenance
  • Repair

Area of specialization

  • Heavy equipment
  • Industrial instruments
  • Engine repair and overhaul

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Physically demanding
  • Manual dexterity
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Large workload
  • Work under pressure

Weight handling

Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

  • Tools
  • Steel-toed safety boots
  • Gloves
  • Safety glasses/goggles

Personal suitability

  • Dependability
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Flexibility
  • Initiative
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player

Screening questions

  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
  • Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
  • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan

Financial benefits

  • Bonus
  • Group insurance benefits
  • Life insurance
  • Night shift premium
  • Pension plan
  • Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Other benefits

Free parking available

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Mechanic Helper, Heavy Equipment is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Other Trades Helpers and Labourers
OBJECTIVE

Interest in operating tools and equipment to assist skilled tradespersons with mechanical, electrical and body repairs of aircraft, railway cars, automobiles, heavy equipment and motorcycles

METHODICAL

Interest in comparing information to mix fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides and to load mixtures into airplanes for aerial spraying; in assisting to splice overhead and underground communications and electric-power transmission cables

social

Interest in assisting skilled tradespersons to repair electrical appliances, small engines and other similar equipment; and to repair, maintain and install industrial machinery and equipment, refrigeration, heating and air-conditioning equipment, elevators, and stationary electric-power generating and distribution equipment

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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