Attention: Travel Cards

January 2012

The work picture is picking up weekly but the majority of calls are being staffed by our members. The odd Travel Card has been dispatched.   Spring 2012 be an aggressive work schedule and we will need Travel Cards.  Refer to our Rumour List.

Current Dispatching procedures:

Follow our job line nightly after 5:00pm (Alberta Mountain Standard Time) by:

1. Clicking  Listen to Callout 
2. Calling the landline 780-414-6860
3.  View the callout online by clicking on View Callout

The callout will advise you if we are taking Travel card post-ins/registrations.

All jobs in Alberta require Construction Safety Training System (CSTS) and most jobs require Pre-access Drug & Alcohol testing or RSAP.  Both CSTS and D&A testing can be done at various locations across Canada.

Travel cards have two dispatch options:

1. Report in person to the Edmonton Union Hall.  Priority is given to those who are in Edmonton and present themselves at dispatch for callout.
2. Post-in/register by phone at 780-701-0020 between 9:00am-11:00am (Alberta Mountain Standard Time) leave your name classifications and contact phone number.

Upon completion of the members dispatch, our dispatch department will call back within the same day if positions require to be filled.

Please note: if you are not called back, you should call the job line nightly and re-register again the following day.

Travel Card Apprentices:  Before you are dispatched through Local 146, be proactive and provide a letter from your home local’s Training Coordinator indicating your legal apprentice classification.

Caution! Any inconsistency from what an apprentice discloses to dispatch and what is sent from their Training Coordinator, will be considered falsification of level and that travel card apprentice will not be eligible for dispatch from local 146 until they can provide a Red Seal Certification in their trade. Know what level you are!