Job Description
We are currently seeking Livestock Road Train Drivers (MC licenced) to join the team based in Broome, Darwin, Mt Isa and Longreach.
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Road Trains of Australia (RTA) is one of the largest privately owned livestock transporters in Australia. As a family run business, we pride ourselves on having decades of experience in the safe & dependable transport of livestock, petroleum and bulk commodities, throughout Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland with our fleet of 90+ prime movers.
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Key Tasks, Duties & Responsibilities
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Handling, checking and managing livestock while on route.
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Loading and unloading of livestock
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Ensuring your RTA Vehicle and Crates are being up kept.
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Driving to a safe and professional standard
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Completing paperwork including logbooks and trip sheets to a satisfactory standard
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Complying with all company policies & procedures
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Complying with the Chain of Responsibility
Job Requirements
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A valid MC driver's licence
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Previous Truck Driving experience
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Previous experience with livestock (desirable)
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Rights to work in Australia
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Willingness to undergo Medical, drug & alcohol fitness assessment, including a Commercial Driver Fitness assessment
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Provide a National Police Clearance
Job Benefits
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Great rates
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Onsite parking
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An option to have 15% of your gross pay held back during the season (April to December) and have it paid out along with your annual leave over the wet season (January to March).
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If you are looking to join a family run business that offers a rewarding and supportive working environment then Road Trains of Australia might be just what you are looking for.
Application Details
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This is a permanent position and not available to Working Holiday Visa Holders (Backpackers).
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Applications without required skills and experience listed in the ad will not be considered.
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Road Trains of Australia (RTA) has over a decade of experience in safe & dependable transportation of livestock, petroleum and bulk commodities throughout the north of Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland.
From the remains of Buntine Roadways, the original Road Trains of Australia (RTA) was established by Noel Buntine in the early 1980’s.
In 1985, Noel Buntine sold the Company to Dick David and Ken Warriner who operated it for 8 years until it was sold to Jim Cooper, of Gulf Transport Group, and Mick Flynn, of Flynn Petroleum, in 1993. Jim Cooper bought out Mick Flynn to take full ownership in 1995.
In 2006, competition between RTA and Hampton Transport Services, a Western Australian company owned by the Jones family from Kalgoorlie-Boulder that was involved in mining, heavy haulage, freight and livestock transport, had reached the point where the livestock fleets were a similar size and operating the same routes.
Jim Cooper and Dave Jones from Hampton, the current Managing Director of RTA, saw the economic sense of amalgamating the operations of the two companies and negotiated the sale of the RTA business to Hampton Transport Services, Dave and his brother Bart Jones Jnr to create Road Trains of Australia Pty Ltd in its current form.
In 2007 RTA acquired Hansen Livestock Transport and its depots in Longreach and Quilpie.
Under the ownership of Hampton and the Jones brothers, who still own and operate the Company, RTA has grown to be the largest privately owned livestock transporter in Australia.
RTA’s operations today cover the entire Northern half of Australia, with the company’s 90+ prime movers averaging between 145,000 to 170,000km per year, much of which is traveled in clouds of bulldust on unsealed roads.
Road Trains of Australia is also proudly registered as 100% Australian owned and operated with https://ausowned.com.au.