Warehouse Material Handler/Picker

Purpose:

Pick material from warehouse needed for production and operate industrial trucks equipped to move materials.

Education:

High School Diploma

Knowledge:

English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Skills:

Basic Skills

• Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

Social Skills

• Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.
• Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

Complex Problem Solving Skills

• Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

Technical Skills

• Equipment Maintenance - Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
• Equipment Selection - Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.

Systems Skills

• Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Systems Analysis - Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.

Work Context:

Body Positioning

• Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body
• Spend Time Climbing Ladders, Scaffolds, or Poles
• Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions
• Spend Time Standing
• Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls

Communication

• Contact With Others
• Face-to-Face Discussions
• Telephone

Environmental Conditions

• Exposed to Contaminants
• Exposed to Whole Body Vibration

Impact of Decisions

• Frequency of Decision Making
• Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results

Pace and Scheduling

• Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment
• Time Pressure

Role Relationships

• Deal With External Customers
• Work With Work Group or Team

Work Attire

• Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets

Work Setting

• In an Open Vehicle or Equipment
• Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled
• Outdoors, Exposed to Weather

Tasks:

• Position lifting devices under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, or boxes and secure material or products for transport to designated areas.
• Locate and count out parts per production requirements
• Deliver material to production locations
• Report shortages on picking sheets
• Report pick sheets done
• Log in to job operations to track labor times
• Utilize M1 software to look up qty on hand, blueprints and receipt dates
• Weigh materials or products and record weight or other production data on tags or labels.
• Inspect product load for accuracy and safely move it around the warehouse or facility to ensure timely and complete delivery.
• Manually or mechanically load or unload materials from pallets, skids, platforms, cars, lifting devices, or other transport vehicles.
• Locate and count out parts per production requirements
• Deliver material to production locations
• Move 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.
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Activities:

Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment

• Operate forklift
• Operate tractor with accessories or attachments

Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates

• Signal directions or warnings to coworkers

Handling and Moving Objects

• Fasten attachments or accessories to tractor

Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Performing General Physical Activities

• Load, unload, or stack containers, materials, or products
• Move or fit heavy objects

Controlling Machines and Processes

• Operate material moving, loading, or unloading equipment
• Operate packaging or banding machine or equipment
• Use hand or power tools
• Use vehicle repair tools or safety equipment
• Use weighing or measuring devices in transportation

Processing Information

• Measure, weigh, or count products or materials

Documenting/Recording Information

• Maintain production or work records

Tools and Technology:

Tools

Forklift or elevator accessories or supplies

• Crane attachments
• Lift beams
• Lifting clamps
• Metal dump hopper attachments

Forklifts

• Extended-reach forklifts
• Forklifts
• Forktrucks
• Lift trucks

Technology

Inventory management software

• M1

Materials requirements planning logistics and supply chain software

• M1

 
 

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