Occupation Atlasforklift operator
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/eeac6251-1974-42f5-91ed-513c6c883755
forklift operator
Forklift operators are responsible for operating forklifts to move, locate, relocate, stack, and count merchandise. They are accountable for the safe and efficient operation of forklifts. Moreover, they perform the filling of orders and check the accuracy of other orders.
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Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic7.00
- C Conventional3.71
- I Investigative1.78
- E Enterprising1.23
- S Social1.11
- A Artistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators (53-7051.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (32)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- apply company policies
- apply techniques for stacking goods into containers
- carry out stock rotation
- conduct forklift inspections
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- estimate distances
- execute working instructions
- follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health
- follow signalling instructions
- follow stock control instructions
- follow verbal instructions
- follow work procedures
- lift heavy weights
- maintain warehouse database
- match goods with appropriate packaging according to security procedures
- meet picking standards
- monitor goods movement
- operate forklift
- operate package processing equipment
- operate radio equipment
- operate warehouse materials
- pick orders for dispatching
- prepare shipments in time
- stack empty pallets
- stack goods
- stay alert
- store warehouse goods
- transfer stock
- transport dangerous goods
- types of packaging used in industrial shipments
- weigh materials
- work in a logistics team
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 32 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
warehouse worker
11 shared · 29 more of its ownmatch goods with appropriate packaging according to security procedures, follow stock control instructions, operate package processing equipment, pick orders for dispatching
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6 shared · 19 more of its ownpick orders for dispatching, store warehouse goods, types of packaging used in industrial shipments, maintain warehouse database
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stevedore
5 shared · 32 more of its ownstore warehouse goods, apply techniques for stacking goods into containers, stack goods, operate forklift
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airport baggage handler
4 shared · 12 more of its ownwork in a logistics team, operate forklift, apply company policies, lift heavy weights
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materials handler
4 shared · 18 more of its ownfollow stock control instructions, pick orders for dispatching, operate warehouse materials, stack goods
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rail intermodal equipment operator
3 shared · 14 more of its ownapply techniques for stacking goods into containers, operate forklift, lift heavy weights
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packaging and filling machine operator
3 shared · 15 more of its ownoperate package processing equipment, stack goods, execute working instructions
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level crossing signalperson
3 shared · 21 more of its ownfollow signalling instructions, stay alert, execute working instructions
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