stevedore
Stevedores sort, handle, load and unload freight into over-the-road equipment in accordance with oral and written instructions, as well as state regulations. They move freight such as boxes, bulky items, or even large pallets of goods to and from storage areas and onto transport vehicles.
Also called: ship freight handler, dock labourer, dock worker, longshoreman
- 37
- essential skills
- 6
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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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.
- rail intermodal equipment operatorWhat changes?15 skills in common
- warehouse order picker6 skills in common
- forklift operator5 skills in common
- logistics and distribution manager4 skills in common
- matrose4 skills in common
- moving truck driver4 skills in common
- tram driver4 skills in common
- trolley bus driver4 skills in common
Essential skills
37- accommodate cargo in freight transport vehicle
- analyse relation between supply chain improvement and profit
- analyse supply chain strategies
- apply techniques for stacking goods into containers
- assess stability of vessels
- assess trim of vessels
- climb on railcars
- conduct routine machinery checks
- ensure that shipment contents correspond with shipping documentation
- handle intermodal equipment
- international regulations for cargo handling
- keep time accurately
- laws on the transportation of dangerous goods
- lift heavy weights
- loading charts for transportation of goods
- manoeuvre heavy trucks
- mark differences in colours
- national regulations on handling cargo
- operate forklift
- operate material handling equipment
- operate on-board computer systems
- operate voice picking systems
- organise weight of loads according to lifting equipment capacity
- perform defensive driving
- perform services in a flexible manner
- ramp safety requirements
- relay messages through radio and telephone systems
- safety regulations for warehouses
- shunt inbound loads
- shunt outbound loads
- stack goods
- store warehouse goods
- tolerate stress
- use ICT systems
- vehicle cargo capacity
- warehouse operations
- work on uneven surfaces
Definition and skills from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Source concept
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