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Occupation

Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators

Operate industrial trucks or tractors equipped to move materials around a warehouse, storage yard, factory, construction site, or similar location.

$46,420 medianBright outlookHigh school

O*NET 31.0 · 53-7051.00

A typical week, in the words of people in the job

  1. 01Turn valves and open chutes to dump, spray, or release materials from dump cars or storage bins into hoppers.
  2. 02Inspect product load for accuracy and safely move it around the warehouse or facility to ensure timely and complete delivery.
  3. 03Weigh materials or products and record weight or other production data on tags or labels.
  4. 04Perform routine maintenance on vehicles or auxiliary equipment, such as cleaning, lubricating, recharging batteries, fueling, or replacing liquefied-gas tank.
  5. 05Move controls to drive gasoline- or electric-powered trucks, cars, or tractors and transport materials between loading, processing, and storage areas.
  6. 06Manually or mechanically load or unload materials from pallets, skids, platforms, cars, lifting devices, or other transport vehicles.
  7. 07Move levers or controls that operate lifting devices, such as forklifts, lift beams with swivel-hooks, hoists, or elevating platforms, to load, unload, transport, or stack material.
  8. 08Operate or tend automatic stacking, loading, packaging, or cutting machines.
  9. 09Position lifting devices under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, or boxes and secure material or products for transport to designated areas.

Task statements ranked by how many workers report them · O*NET 31.0

What the posting will be called

Fork Truck DriverForklift DriverForklift OperatorSpotter DriverChecker LoaderFork Lift TechnicianLift Truck OperatorShag Truck DriverTow Motor OperatorTruck Driver

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Knowledge the job leans on

MathematicsEnglish LanguageProduction and ProcessingTransportationCustomer and Personal ServiceAdministration and ManagementAdministrativePublic Safety and Security

Skills that carry over from service

Operation and ControlOperations MonitoringTime ManagementCoordinationEquipment MaintenanceTroubleshootingJudgment and Decision MakingSocial Perceptiveness