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Verifies and keeps records on incoming and outgoing shipments and prepares items for shipment: Compares identifying information and counts, weighs, or measures items of incoming and outgoing shipments to verify information against bills of lading, invoices, orders, or other records. Reads work order or follows oral instructions to ensure correct materials or containers are moved within or near the plant, yard, or work site. While also performing any combination of following duties:
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Practice safety standards as identified by the Company Handbook, orientation, and verbal instruction from supervisory staff. This includes safety glasses, proper shoes, and lifting techniques.
- Opens containers.
- Loads and unloads materials onto or from pallets, trays, racks, and shelves by hand.
- Loads materials into vehicles and installs strapping, bracing, or padding to prevent shifting or damage in transit.
- Conveys materials from storage or work sites to designated area.
- Secures lifting attachments to materials and conveys load to destination or signals crane or hoisting operators to move load to destination.
- Counts, weighs, and records number of units or pounds of all incoming material.
- Attaches identifying tags, spray paint or labels to materials or marks information on cases, bales or other containers.
- Inserts items into containers, using spacers, fillers, and protective padding.
- Loads truck for Industrial Truck Operator.
- Stacks or assembles materials into bundles and bands bundles together.
- Loads and unloads truck for Industrial Truck Operator.
- Removes samples of materials, labels with identifying information, and takes samples to laboratory for analysis.
- Lifts heavy objects by hand or with power hoist, and cleans work area, machines, and equipment to assist machine operators.
- Operates industrial truck or electric hoist to assist in loading or moving materials and products.
- Handling delicate finished goods with care in order to preserve finished machined surfaces.
- Prepares materials by means of automated saw, bench grinder, and or glue gun into required lengths or condition determined by work order, job traveler or verbal instruction.
This job has no supervisory responsibilities
COMPETENCIES
Technical Skills - Strives to continuously build knowledge and skills.
Oral Communication - Listens and gets clarification.
Written Communication - Writes clearly and informatively, Presents numerical data effectively; Able to read and interpret written information.
Teamwork - Supports everyone's efforts to succeed.
Oral Communication - Listens and gets clarification.
Written Communication - Writes clearly and informatively, Presents numerical data effectively; Able to read and interpret written information.
Teamwork - Supports everyone's efforts to succeed.
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Possess the ability to read a limited number of two and three-syllable words, as well as recognizing similarities and differences between words and series of numbers. Must have the ability to print and speak simple sentences in English.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure. Ability to compute bar count to weight.
- Must be able to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Employee must have the skills to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
- Employee is regularly required to stand, use hands to handle, or feel, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee might be exposed to moving mechanical parts and chemicals such as oils and solvents. The noise level in the work environment is usually low.
EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE
High school diploma or general education degree (GED), one to three months related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
