What You'll Do

  • Mark and label containers, container tags, or products, using marking tools.
  • Measure, weigh, and count products and materials.
  • Record product, packaging, and order information on specified forms and records.
  • Remove completed or defective products or materials, placing them on moving equipment, such as conveyors, or in specified areas, such as loading docks.
  • Seal containers or materials, using glues, fasteners, nails, and hand tools.
  • Load materials and products into package processing equipment.
  • Assemble, line, and pad cartons, crates, and containers, using hand tools.
  • Clean containers, materials, supplies, or work areas, using cleaning solutions and hand tools.
  • Transport packages to customers' vehicles.
  • Place or pour products or materials into containers, using hand tools and equipment, or fill containers from spouts or chutes.

Essential Skills

Monitoring 3.0/5
Active Listening 2.75/5
Critical Thinking 2.75/5
Reading Comprehension 2.62/5
Speaking 2.62/5
Coordination 2.62/5
Quality Control Analysis 2.25/5
Judgment and Decision Making 2.25/5
Time Management 2.25/5
Active Learning 2.12/5
Social Perceptiveness 2.12/5
Service Orientation 2.12/5

Career Fit Overview

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Top passions

  • Organizer: Bringing order to data and processes satisfies you.
  • Maker: Building and fixing energizes you. You like tangible results and practical tools.
  • Leader: Taking charge and moving ideas forward motivates you.

Common styles

Attention to Detail, Cooperation, Integrity, Initiative, Dependability

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Key Abilities

This career demands strong capabilities in the following areas:

Near Vision 3.25/5
Problem Sensitivity 3.12/5
Trunk Strength 3.12/5
Oral Comprehension 3.0/5
Manual Dexterity 3.0/5
Multilimb Coordination 3.0/5
Static Strength 3.0/5
Speech Recognition 3.0/5

Technologies & Tools

Autodesk AutoCAD Inventory tracking software Microsoft Excel Microsoft Office software Microsoft Word SAP software Spreadsheet software

Work Environment & Style

Common Styles for This Career

  • Attention to Detail (High importance: 4.41/5)
  • Cooperation (High importance: 4.28/5)
  • Integrity (High importance: 4.26/5)
  • Initiative (High importance: 4.17/5)
  • Dependability (High importance: 4.16/5)

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How to Become One

Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful but is usually not required. Training is often provided on the job.

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