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.
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- Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics
What do they typically do
- Weigh materials or products and record weight or other production data on tags or labels
- Move levers or controls that operate lifting devices like forklifts, hoists, or elevating platforms to load, unload, transport, or stack material
- Operate or tend automatic stacking, loading, packaging, or cutting machines
- Position lifting devices under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, or boxes, and secure material or products for transport to designated areas
- Move controls to drive gasoline- or electric-powered trucks, cars, or tractors and transport materials between loading, processing, and storage areas
- Manually or mechanically load or unload materials from pallets, skids, platforms, cars, lifting devices, or other transport vehicles
- Perform routine maintenance on vehicles or auxiliary equipment, such as cleaning, lubricating, recharging batteries, fueling, or replacing liquefied-gas tank
- Inspect product load for accuracy and safely move it around the warehouse or facility to ensure timely and complete delivery
Number of Jobs
Average Annual
Job Growth +1.5%
Job Openings 1,282
Education & Training
- Education These occupations usually require a high school diploma.Associated Programs or MajorsLicense
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