materials handler
Materials handlers execute the handling and storage of materials through activities such as loading, unloading and moving articles in a warehouse or storage room. They work according to orders to inspect materials and provide documentation for the handling of items. Materials handlers also manage inventory and ensure the safe disposal of waste.
Also called: storage worker
- 22
- essential skills
- 18
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 9333
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Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
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Essential skills
22- dispatch order processing
- dispose of non-hazardous waste
- follow health and safety procedures in construction
- follow stock control instructions
- implement efficiency plans for logistics operations
- inspect construction supplies
- inventory management rules
- load heavy items on pallets
- maintain physical condition of warehouse
- maintain stock control systems
- manage warehouse inventory
- operate warehouse materials
- operate warehouse record systems
- pallets loading
- pick orders for dispatching
- process incoming construction supplies
- products coding system
- secure goods
- sort waste
- stack goods
- use different communication channels
- use warehouse marking tools
Optional skills
18- assemble goods
- calculate needs for construction supplies
- check compatibility of materials
- clean warehouse
- dispose of hazardous waste
- drive vehicles
- follow written instructions
- freight transport methods
- handle fragile items
- hazardous materials transportation
- operate GPS systems
- order construction supplies
- pack goods
- road transport legislation
- safety regulations for warehouses
- shunt inbound loads
- transport construction supplies
- use barcode scanning equipment
Definition and skills from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Source concept
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