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.
- Tasks
- 9 tasks5 core, 4 supplemental
- Family
- Transportation & Material MovingOne of its 57 occupations
- Code
- 53-7051.00SOC 2018: 53-7051
What the work is made of
5 core tasks and 4 supplemental, each quoted as published, with the survey it came from.
Core: central to the jobSupplemental: done by some, not all
- Task 1. 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.Core taskTask 3202Rated by 47 people who do the job, August 2021
- Task 2. Move controls to drive gasoline- or electric-powered trucks, cars, or tractors and transport materials between loading, processing, and storage areas.Core taskTask 3201Rated by 49 people who do the job, August 2021
- Task 3. Manually or mechanically load or unload materials from pallets, skids, platforms, cars, lifting devices, or other transport vehicles.Core taskTask 15266Rated by 48 people who do the job, August 2021
- Task 4. Position lifting devices under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, or boxes and secure material or products for transport to designated areas.Core taskTask 3203Rated by 47 people who do the job, August 2021
- Task 5. Inspect product load for accuracy and safely move it around the warehouse or facility to ensure timely and complete delivery.Core taskTask 15265Rated by 50 people who do the job, August 2021
- Task 6. Weigh materials or products and record weight or other production data on tags or labels.Supplemental taskTask 3206Rated by 50 people who do the job, August 2021
- Task 7. Perform routine maintenance on vehicles or auxiliary equipment, such as cleaning, lubricating, recharging batteries, fueling, or replacing liquefied-gas tank.Supplemental taskTask 3205Rated by 50 people who do the job, August 2021
- Task 8. Operate or tend automatic stacking, loading, packaging, or cutting machines.Supplemental taskTask 3207Rated by 47 people who do the job, August 2021
- Task 9. Turn valves and open chutes to dump, spray, or release materials from dump cars or storage bins into hoppers.Supplemental taskTask 3210Rated by 50 people who do the job, August 2021
Where this comes from
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- ClassificationStandard Occupational Classification 2018, 53-7051
- LicenseCC BY 4.0Free to copy and reuse, with credit
- Changed by usNothing.
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