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Career Details :: Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
Description
Load, unload, and move materials at plant, yard, or other work site.
Experience
No previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, a person can become a general office clerk even if he/she has never worked in an office before.
Education
These occupations may require a high school diploma or GED certificate. Some may require a formal training course to obtain a license.
Training
Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few days to a few months of training. Usually, an experienced worker could show you how to do the job.
Tasks
- Attaches identifying tags or marks information on containers.
- Adjusts or replaces equipment parts, such as rollers, belts, plugs and caps, using hand tools.
- Secures lifting attachments to materials and conveys load to destination, using crane or hoist.
- Directs spouts and positions receptacles, such as bins, carts, and containers, to receive loads.
- Records number of units handled and moved, using daily production sheet or work tickets.
- Reads work orders or receives and listens to oral instructions to determine work assignment.
- Bundles and bands material, such as fodder and tobacco leaves, using banding machines.
- Loads and unloads materials to and from designated storage areas, such as racks and shelves, or vehicles, such as trucks.
- Shovels materials, such as gravel, ice, or spilled concrete, into containers, bins or onto conveyors.
- Stacks or piles materials, such as lumber, boards, or pallets.
- Transports receptacles to and from designated areas, by hand or using dollies, hand trucks, and wheelbarrows.
- Assembles product containers and crates, using hand tools and precut lumber.
- Cleans work area, using brooms, rags, and cleaning compounds.
- Sorts and stores items according to specifications.
- Installs protective devices, such as bracing, padding, or strapping, to prevent shifting or damage to items being transported.
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- Molding and Casting Workers
- Nonelectrolytic Plating and Coating Machine Operators and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Packers and Packagers, Hand
- Precision Mold and Pattern Casters, except Nonferrous Metals
- Wellhead Pumpers
Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Handling and Moving Objects
- Performing General Physical Activities
- Documenting/Recording Information
- Controlling Machines and Processes
- Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
Important Skills
Frequent Work Context
- Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls
- Indoors
- Standing
- Importance of Repeating Same Tasks
- Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
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