Automotive partsperson - retail

• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: Bilingual
• Hours: 40 hours per week
• Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years

Work site environment

• Dusty

Work setting

• Urban area
• Retail business

Tasks

• Answer telephone and relay telephone calls and messages
• Clean and maintain office, supply area or warehouse
• Perform general office duties
• Set-up displays of retail parts and accessories
• Address customers' complaints or concerns
• Advise on use and appropriateness of goods or parts
• Identify, label and catalogue items received
• Issue and distribute parts and supplies for internal use
• Maintain records on inventory control system
• Prepare and track work orders
• Prepare requisition orders to replenish parts and supplies
• Process incoming requisitions
• Receive, unpack and sort incoming parts, supplies and materials
• Sell spare and replacement parts
• Ship, deliver or pick up parts, products or equipment
• Store items in warehouse, tool room or supply area

Computer and technology knowledge

• Inventory control software
• Internet

Parts specialization

• Automobile
• Carpentry/woodworking machinery
• Electrical products
• Electronic
• Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system
• Manufacturing equipment
• Marine
• Motorcycle
• Plumbing
• Recreation vehicle
• Small appliances
• Small engines and generators
• Snowmobile

Security and safety

• Criminal record check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Attention to detail
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Fast-paced environment
• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks
• Standing for extended periods
• Tight deadlines
• Work under pressure

Weight handling

• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Flexibility
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Values and ethics
• Maturity
• Punctuality

Screening questions

• 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?
• What is the highest level of study you have completed?
• What is your current field of study?
• What is your current level of study?

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Disability benefits
• Health care plan

Financial benefits

• Group insurance benefits
• Pension plan

Other benefits

• Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP)
• Free parking available