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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
Manually move freight, stock, or other materials or perform other general labor. Includes all manual laborers not elsewhere classified. | Attach identifying tags to containers, or mark them with identifying information. | |||
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Read work orders or receive oral instructions to determine work assignments and material and equipment needs. | ||||
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Record numbers of units handled and moved, using daily production sheets or work tickets. | ||||
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Move freight, stock, and other materials to and from storage and production areas, loading docks, delivery vehicles, ships, and containers, by hand or using trucks, tractors, and other equipment. | ||||
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Sort cargo before loading and unloading. | ||||
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Assemble product containers and crates, using hand tools and precut lumber. | ||||
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Load and unload ship cargo, using winches and other hoisting devices. | ||||
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Connect hoses and operate equipment to move liquid materials into and out of storage tanks on vessels. | ||||
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Pack containers and re-pack damaged containers. | ||||
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Carry needed tools and supplies from storage or trucks, and return them after use. | ||||
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Install protective devices, such as bracing, padding, or strapping, to prevent shifting or damage to items being transported. | ||||
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Maintain equipment storage areas to ensure that inventory is protected. | ||||
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Attach slings, hooks, and other devices to lift cargo and guide loads. | ||||
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Carry out general yard duties such as performing shunting on railway lines. | ||||
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Adjust controls to guide, position and move equipment such as cranes, booms, and cameras. | ||||
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Guide loads being lifted to prevent swinging. | ||||
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Adjust or replace equipment parts, such as rollers, belts, plugs, and caps, using hand tools. | ||||
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Stack cargo in locations such as transit sheds or in holds of ships as directed, using pallets or cargo boards. | ||||
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Connect electrical equipment to power sources so that it can be tested before use. | ||||
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Set up the equipment needed to produce special lighting and sound effects during performances. | ||||
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Bundle and band material such as fodder and tobacco leaves, using banding machines. | ||||
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Rig and dismantle props and equipment, such as frames, scaffolding, platforms, or backdrops, using hand tools. | ||||
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Check out, rent, or requisition all equipment needed for productions or for set construction. | ||||
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Direct spouts and position receptacles, such as bins, carts, and containers so they can be loaded. | ||||
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Lay tracks for camera dollies and cranes and carry or push dollies and cranes as instructed. | ||||
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Adjust controls to raise and lower scenery and stage curtains during performances, following cues. | ||||
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Wash out cargo containers and storage areas. | ||||
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Build braces and otherwise lash and shore cargo in ships' holds to prevent shifting during voyages. | ||||
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Shovel material such as gravel, ice, or spilled concrete into containers or bins, or onto conveyors. | ||||
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Erect tents and canopies to protect crews and equipment from weather. | ||||
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Secure and release mooring lines of ships. | ||||
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Sew canvas and other materials to make and repair tents, tarps, scrims, and backings, using sewing machines. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Material Handling Laborer
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
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- Abilites
- Tools and Technology
- Education and Experience
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. | |||
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Public Safety and Security | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. | |||
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Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. | |||
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Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. | |||
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Transportation | Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. | |||
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Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Operation Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. | |||
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Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. | |||
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Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing. | |||
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Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Multilimb Coordination | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. | |||
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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. | |||
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Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. | |||
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Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. | |||
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Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. | |||
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Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. | |||
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Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. | |||
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Extent Flexibility | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). | |||
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Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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Rate Control | The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene. | |||
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Reaction Time | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. | |||
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Tools/Technology Example | Product Category | |||
Data entry software | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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Inventory tracking software | Inventory management software | |||
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Machine control software | Industrial control software | |||
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Spreadsheet software | Spreadsheet software | |||
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Banding machines | Wrapping machinery | |||
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Claw hanmers | Hammers | |||
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Dollies | Dollies | |||
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Forklifts | Forklifts | |||
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Hand saws | Saws | |||
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Handtrucks | Hand trucks or accessories | |||
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Jacks | Jacks | |||
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Lift trucks | Forklifts | |||
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Lifting hooks | Lifting hooks | |||
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Overhead cranes | Track cranes | |||
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Pallet jacks | Pallet trucks | |||
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Pallet transport trucks | Pallet trucks | |||
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Personal computers | Personal computers | |||
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Planes | Planes | |||
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Power hoists | Hoists | |||
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Power saws | Power saws | |||
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Scaffolding | Scaffolding | |||
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Slings | Slings | |||
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Winches | Winches | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
Required Level of Education | High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate) | |||
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On-Site or In-Plant Training | Up to and including 1 month | |||
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On-the-Job Training | Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months | |||
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Related Work Experience | None | |||
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On-the-Job Training | Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Air and Water Filler | |||
Airport Maintenance Laborer | |||
Aluminum Can Collector | |||
Ash Collector | |||
Ash Handler | |||
Ash Pit Worker | |||
Ash Worker | |||
Assorter | |||
B and B Gang Worker | |||
Bag Turner | |||
Bag Worker | |||
Baggageman | |||
Bagger | |||
Bagger and Stock Handler Helper | |||
Bale Opener | |||
Bale Piler | |||
Bale Stacker | |||
Banana Carrier | |||
Banana Handler | |||
Banana Loader | |||
Bandoleer Straightener Stamper | |||
Barrel Handler | |||
Barrel Loader | |||
Barrow Worker | |||
Basin Cleaner | |||
Battery Charger | |||
Battery Stacker | |||
Beef Selector | |||
Bellows Assembler | |||
Billet Straightener | |||
Billet Worker | |||
Bleeder | |||
Blender Laborer | |||
Blind Cleaner | |||
Block Piler | |||
Block Stacker | |||
Bolt Loader | |||
Boom Storage | |||
Bottomer | |||
Box Car Bracer | |||
Box Car Loader | |||
Box Worker | |||
Boxer | |||
Bridge Gang Worker | |||
Bridge Maintainer | |||
Buggyman | |||
Bulk Loader | |||
Bull-Gang Worker | |||
Bundle Collector | |||
Bundle Helper | |||
Bundler | |||
Cable Puller | |||
Caddy | |||
Cager | |||
Canvas Shrinker | |||
Car Blocker | |||
Car Bracer | |||
Car Dumper Operator Helper | |||
Car Hop | |||
Car Icer | |||
Car Knocker | |||
Car Loader | |||
Car Packer | |||
Car Pincher | |||
Car Pre-Cooler | |||
Car Storer | |||
Car Stower | |||
Car Unloader | |||
Car Worker | |||
Carboy Filler | |||
Cargo Bracer | |||
Cargo Handler | |||
Cargo Station Worker | |||
Cargo Trimmer | |||
Cargo Worker | |||
Carry Out Clerk and Shelf Stocker | |||
Cart Attendant | |||
Cart Pusher | |||
Casting Chipper | |||
Casting House Laborer | |||
Chainer | |||
Chopper | |||
Chute Loader | |||
Circus Hand | |||
Circus Laborer | |||
Circus Roustabout | |||
Clay Carrier | |||
Coal Bagger | |||
Coal Carrier | |||
Coal Chute Worker | |||
Coal Hiker | |||
Coal Loader | |||
Coal Passer | |||
Coal Shoveler | |||
Coal Trimmer | |||
Coal Wheeler | |||
Coke Worker | |||
Cokeman | |||
Collector | |||
Commissary Assistant | |||
Concrete Mixing Plant Laborer | |||
Connie Cleaner | |||
Connie Scratcher | |||
Container Maker | |||
Cooler Man | |||
Cooler Worker | |||
Core Finisher | |||
Corn Detasseler | |||
Cotton Baler | |||
Cotton Jammer | |||
Courtesy Clerk | |||
Cream Dumper | |||
Curb Attendant | |||
Customer Service Representative | |||
Dairy Hand | |||
Dairy Worker | |||
Defroster | |||
Delivery Driver | |||
Delivery Helper | |||
Detasseler | |||
Disassembler | |||
Dismantler | |||
Distillery Laborer | |||
Distillery Worker | |||
Ditch Cleaner | |||
Ditch Worker | |||
Dock Hand | |||
Dock Worker | |||
Dock or Pier Laborer | |||
Dockworker | |||
Dolly Pusher | |||
Dollyman | |||
Drawer | |||
Dredge or Barge Shore Hand | |||
Dresser | |||
Driver | |||
Dry Kiln Worker | |||
Dumper | |||
Egg Separator | |||
Electroplating Laborer | |||
Engine Monitor | |||
Engine Watchman | |||
Feed Handler | |||
Ferryboat Operator Helper | |||
Fertilizer Loader | |||
Filling Carrier | |||
Filling Hand | |||
Filling Hauler | |||
Film Loader | |||
Firewood Cutter | |||
Flapper | |||
Flask Carrier | |||
Flask Handler | |||
Flask Pusher | |||
Fleet Service Agent | |||
Floor Attendant | |||
Floor Helper | |||
Floorhand | |||
Floorperson | |||
Florist Helper | |||
Fly Worker | |||
Flyer | |||
Food Selector | |||
Fork Lift Operator | |||
Forklift Driver | |||
Foundry Hand | |||
Freezer Unloader | |||
Freezer Worker | |||
Freezing Room Worker | |||
Freight Car Loader | |||
Freight Handler | |||
Freight Hustler | |||
Freight Loader | |||
Freight Sorter | |||
Freight Unloader | |||
Fringer | |||
Frozen Food Selector | |||
Furniture Mover | |||
Furniture Mover Helper | |||
Gaggerman | |||
Gandy Dancer | |||
Gang Leader | |||
Gang Plank Workman | |||
Glass Carrier | |||
Glass Handler | |||
Glaze Carrier | |||
Globe Changer | |||
Glove Former | |||
Glove Turner | |||
Gold Leaf Laborer | |||
Grain Handler | |||
Grain Scooper | |||
Grain Shoveler | |||
Grain Trimmer | |||
Grave Digger | |||
Grips | |||
Grocery Bagger | |||
Grocery Caddy | |||
Grocery Carrier | |||
Grocery Sacker | |||
Guide | |||
Guideman | |||
Gum Puller | |||
Handyman | |||
Hangar Attendant | |||
Hanger | |||
Hanger Off | |||
Hatch Tender | |||
Hide Selector | |||
Hide Shaker | |||
Hoisting Laborer | |||
Hold Worker | |||
Hooker | |||
Hookman | |||
Hostler | |||
Hot Box Operator | |||
Hot Plate Plywood Press Laborer | |||
Houseman | |||
Iceman | |||
Icer | |||
Installer | |||
Iron Carrier | |||
Iron Handler | |||
Iron Piler | |||
Jack | |||
Jacket Changer | |||
Jackman | |||
Kiln Hand | |||
Laboratory Helper | |||
Laborer | |||
Laundry Laborer | |||
Leaf Tier | |||
Leather Roller | |||
Lifter | |||
Line Palletizer | |||
Line Service Attendant | |||
Line Tender | |||
Lines Tender | |||
Linseed Oil Order Filler | |||
Loader | |||
Loader Helper | |||
Loader Operator | |||
Loading Dock Hand | |||
Locker Attendant | |||
Locker Plant Attendant | |||
Log Pond Worker | |||
Log Roller | |||
Longshoreman | |||
Lugger | |||
Lumber Carrier | |||
Lumber Handler | |||
Lumber Material Handler | |||
Lumber Mover | |||
Lumber Piler | |||
Lumber Stacker | |||
Lumber Straightener | |||
Lumber Yard Worker | |||
Lumberman | |||
Lumper | |||
Mail Handler | |||
Manufacturing Laborer | |||
Material Carrier | |||
Material Chaser | |||
Material Handler | |||
Material Handler Floorperson | |||
Material Loader | |||
Material Mover | |||
Meat Selector | |||
Merchandise Carrier | |||
Merchandise Collector | |||
Merchandise Customer Assistant | |||
Merchandise Pickup / Receiving Associate | |||
Metal Grader | |||
Metal Handler | |||
Metal Loader | |||
Metal Sorter | |||
Microphone Boom Operator | |||
Milk Handler | |||
Mold Breaker | |||
Mold Swabber | |||
Motion Picture Set Grip | |||
Motion Picture Set-Up Worker | |||
Motor Power Connector | |||
Mover | |||
Mover Helper | |||
Moving Worker | |||
Mucker | |||
Munitions Handler | |||
Newspaper Stuffer | |||
Odd Job Laborer | |||
Oil Extractor | |||
Ore Puncher | |||
Oriental Rug Stretcher | |||
Oven Loader | |||
Package Collector | |||
Package Handler | |||
Package Sorter | |||
Package Worker | |||
Packing Floor Worker | |||
Packing House Laborer | |||
Paper Handler | |||
Paper Stacker | |||
Paper Stripper | |||
Parcel Carrier | |||
Parts Runner | |||
Pattern Carrier | |||
Piano Mover | |||
Pie Bakery Laborer | |||
Pig Handler | |||
Piler | |||
Pipe Stripper | |||
Pipelines Laborer | |||
Pipeman | |||
Pit Shoveler | |||
Pitcher | |||
Platform Loader | |||
Platform Worker | |||
Potato Loader | |||
Poultry Offal Icer | |||
Poultry Offal Worker | |||
Pourer | |||
Powerhouse Laborer | |||
Preloader | |||
Press Helper | |||
Priming Mixture Carrier | |||
Produce Clerk | |||
Produce Runner | |||
Prop Attendant | |||
Prop Worker | |||
Property Worker | |||
Puller | |||
Puncher | |||
Rag Cutter | |||
Rag Grader | |||
Rag Sorter | |||
Ragman | |||
Ramp Agent | |||
Receiver | |||
Receiving Associate | |||
Receiving Clerk | |||
Recording Studio Set-Up Worker | |||
Recording Studio Setup Worker | |||
Refrigerator Mover | |||
Rod Piler | |||
Rod Straightener | |||
Roll Carrier | |||
Roll Wrapper | |||
Rope Cleaner | |||
Roustabout | |||
Sack Cleaner | |||
Sack Filler | |||
Sack Lifter | |||
Sacker | |||
Sales Associate | |||
Salt Lifter | |||
Salvage Worker | |||
Sand Car Worker | |||
Sand Carrier | |||
Sand Drier | |||
Sand Mixer | |||
Sand Screener | |||
Sand Shoveler | |||
Sand Wheeler | |||
Scavenger | |||
Scene Shifter | |||
Scrap Carrier | |||
Scrap Collector | |||
Scrap Iron Loader | |||
Scrap Picker | |||
Screener | |||
Seed Trucker | |||
Selector | |||
Service Attendant | |||
Set-Up Workers, Motion Picture Sets, Studios, and Stages | |||
Setter Helper | |||
Shackler | |||
Shaver | |||
Sheep Sorter | |||
Shellfish Processing Laborer | |||
Shingle Carrier | |||
Ship Fastener | |||
Shipping Clerk | |||
Shipping and Receiving Material Handler | |||
Shipping and Receiving Materials Handler | |||
Shoveler | |||
Sign Poster | |||
Skating Rink Ice Maker | |||
Skid Strapper | |||
Skid Wrapper | |||
Skin Piler | |||
Slag Dumper | |||
Slag Worker | |||
Slip Box Changer | |||
Snow Shoveler | |||
Snubber | |||
Sorter | |||
Spike Driver | |||
Spiker | |||
Spreader | |||
Stabber | |||
Stacker | |||
Stage Hand | |||
Stage Set-Up Worker | |||
Stagehand | |||
Steel Handler | |||
Steel Pickler | |||
Steel Unloader | |||
Stevedore | |||
Stevedores | |||
Stock Counter | |||
Stock Driver | |||
Stock Handler | |||
Stock Handler Floorperson | |||
Stock Mover | |||
Stock Puller | |||
Stock Replenisher | |||
Stock or Delivery Clerk | |||
Stocker | |||
Stockroom Helper | |||
Storeroom Clerk | |||
Street Cleaner | |||
Street Light Cleaner | |||
Street Light Lamp Cleaner | |||
Street Sweeper | |||
Striker | |||
Studio Grip | |||
Studio Set-Up Worker | |||
Stuffer | |||
Supplies Packer | |||
Tandem Mill Sticker | |||
Tar Worker | |||
Tent Worker | |||
Terminal Worker | |||
Theater Technician | |||
Tie Layer | |||
Tie Loader | |||
Tie Tamper | |||
Timber Cutter | |||
Tin Stacker | |||
Tissue Packer | |||
Tombstone Erector | |||
Tombstone Setter | |||
Tool Carrier | |||
Tool Chaser | |||
Track Fitter | |||
Track Greaser | |||
Track Sweeper | |||
Track Walker | |||
Track Worker | |||
Tractor Trailer Moving Van Driver Helper | |||
Transfer Table Operator Helper | |||
Tree Girdler | |||
Trestle Mainternance Laborer | |||
Trestleman | |||
Trimmer | |||
Trimmer Loader | |||
Truck Bracer | |||
Truck Dock Material Mover | |||
Truck Driver Helper | |||
Truck Loader and Unloader | |||
Truck Packer | |||
Truck Striker | |||
Trucker | |||
Truckman | |||
Unloader | |||
Unloading and Loading Line Service Attendant | |||
Van Driver Helper | |||
Van Loader | |||
Vat House Laborer | |||
Vault Person | |||
Vegetable Handler | |||
Warehouse Associate | |||
Warehouse Hand | |||
Warehouse Helper | |||
Warehouse Laborer | |||
Warehouse Loader | |||
Warehouse Selector | |||
Warehouse Worker | |||
Warehouseman | |||
Warehouser | |||
Water Attendant | |||
Water Carrier | |||
Waxer | |||
Weight Shifter | |||
Wharf Laborer | |||
Wharf Tender | |||
Wharf Worker | |||
Wheel Roller | |||
Wheeler | |||
Wood Chopper | |||
Wood Cutter | |||
Wood Sawyer | |||
Wrecker | |||
Yard Cleaner | |||
Yard Laborer | |||
Yard Man | |||
Yard Person | |||
Yardman | |||
Yeast Pusher | |||
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