Forklift Operator

• Safely operates and drives Forklift while controlling the movement of lifting apparatus;
• Positions forks, lifting platform, or other lifting device under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, boxes, products, or materials and transports load to designated area or truck;
• Unloads and/or stacks material by raising and lowering lifting device;
• Inventories materials on work floor, tallies product and maintains stock rotation;
• Loads or unloads materials onto or off of pallets, skids, or lifting device;
• Performs preoperational checks on forklifts and reports any and all service and operational concerns;
• Repackages material/units as necessary;
• Maintains work area housekeeping;
• Participates in the yearly inventory audit.

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and 6 months to 1-year related experience and/or training.
• Possess a current Forklift Operator’s license, or be able to provide proof of previous Forklift Operator’s license.
• Interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to operate a hand-held calculator.
• Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's.
• Solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• The employee regularly works in outside weather conditions. The employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts and is frequently exposed to wet or humid conditions and vibration.
• The employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Frequently required to communicate and occasionally required to climb or balance
• The employee is also regularly required to sit when operating equipment.
• The employee will be subject to varying weather conditions including rain, snow, ice, wind, heat and cold
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance, color, peripheral, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Regularly use arms and legs to get into and out of forklift multiple times a day.
• Use hands, wrists, and arms to operate forklift and use legs and feet to push forklift pedals.
• Regular exposure to moving mechanical parts, airborne particles and vibration.

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