Float driver

Stopping at MTO stations when required and co-operating with authorities. Prepares receipts for load picked up. Maintain truck log, according to MTO regulations. Maintain telephone or radio contact with supervisor to receive delivery instructions. Inspect truck equipment and supplies, such as tires, lights, brakes, gas, oil, and water. How to Apply If you are applying for an Open Position, or if you wish to let us know of your interest in future employment opportunities, complete the application form below.

If you require an accommodation during the hiring process, let us know of your needs. Apply Now. Are you a member of a trade union? If yes, list Union Affiliations. Drivers and observers often have the responsibility of directing mechanical and musical aspects of their float. Each time the horn went off, it was rather painful. Olson once drove a float that featured a moving carousel right above his head.

In addition to steering the float, he had to keep the carousel and music operating. And he also had to shoot off a cannon regularly at one particular part of a song. In parades during the late s, there was a problem with drivers falling asleep along the route due to concentrations of dangerous carbon monoxide fumes from the float engines. Agnameyer in Pipes carrying exhaust fumes were extended to the rear of the floats that year, reducing the threat to drivers.

His float inexplicably ran out of fuel and just as inexplicably he brought along a jug of gasoline.