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Edmonton Dispatch
                                                     Fort McMurray Office
Recording: 780-482-1637                                           Recording: 780-791-5866
Telephone: 780-482-0720                                          Sub Office: 780-743-2023
 
 
 
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  1. Members please be advised you will be required to sign the out-of-work
    list each time you have completed each job. To be put on the out-of-work
    list you will need to contact the union hall, identify yourself and your trade
    qualification.
     
  2. Manpower requests are placed on Local Union 720’s dispatch recording
    at 5:00pm daily. Manpower requests are then dispatched the following
    business day. To listen to the dispatch recording see the numbers above.
     
  3. Dispatch recording explains details of the call; craft desired, duration, shift
    schedule, geographical location etc.
     
  4. All post-ins or phone-ins must be received by the dispatcher PRIOR to
    dispatch start time specified on the dispatch recording.
     
  5. Members post-in between 8:00 and 8:30. Dispatch normally begins at 8:30am
    unless otherwise specified on the dispatch recording.
     
  6. Travel Cards, Probationary Members and Permits post-in between 10:00 and
    10:30. Dispatch normally begins at 10:30 unless otherwise specified on the
    dispatch recording.
     
  7. When posting in at 780-482-0720, identify yourself and indicate the call or
    calls you are interested in. Leave a return phone number where you can be
    reached at. You should hear back before 2:00 pm (Alberta Time) if you have been awarded
    the job.