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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
Operate industrial trucks or tractors equipped to move materials around a warehouse, storage yard, factory, construction site, or similar location. | Move controls to drive gasoline- or electric-powered trucks, cars, or tractors and transport materials between loading, processing, and storage areas. | |||
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Move levers and controls that operate lifting devices, such as forklifts, lift beams and swivel-hooks, hoists, and elevating platforms, to load, unload, transport, and stack material. | ||||
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Position lifting devices under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, and boxes, and secure material or products for transport to designated areas. | ||||
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Perform routine maintenance on vehicles and auxiliary equipment, such as cleaning, lubricating, recharging batteries, fueling, or replacing liquefied-gas tank. | ||||
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Weigh materials or products, and record weight and other production data on tags or labels. | ||||
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Operate or tend automatic stacking, loading, packaging, or cutting machines. | ||||
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Signal workers to discharge, dump, or level materials. | ||||
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Hook tow trucks to trailer hitches and fasten attachments, such as graders, plows, rollers, and winch cables to tractors, using hitchpins. | ||||
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Turn valves and open chutes to dump, spray, or release materials from dump cars or storage bins into hoppers. | ||||
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Inspect product load for accuracy, and safely move it around the warehouse or facility to ensure timely and complete delivery. | ||||
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Manually or mechanically load and unload materials from pallets, skids, platforms, cars, lifting devices, or other transport vehicles. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Industrial Truck/Tractor Equip Oper - All Levels Combined
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
- Knowledges
- Skills
- Abilites
- Tools and Technology
- Education and Experience
- Alternate Job Titles
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. | |||
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Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Operation Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. | |||
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Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. | |||
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Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Equipment Maintenance | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. | |||
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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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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. | |||
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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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Response Orientation | The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part. | |||
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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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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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Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. | |||
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Depth Perception | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. | |||
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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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Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. | |||
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Spatial Orientation | The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you. | |||
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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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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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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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Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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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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Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. | |||
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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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Hearing Sensitivity | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. | |||
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Auditory Attention | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. | |||
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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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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. | |||
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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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Extent Flexibility | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. | |||
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Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. | |||
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Peripheral Vision | The ability to see objects or movement of objects to one's side when the eyes are looking ahead. | |||
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Tools/Technology Example | Product Category | |||
ATMS StockTrack PLUS | Inventory management software | |||
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Aldata G.O.L.D. software | Materials requirements planning logistics and supply chain software | |||
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Argos Software ABECAS Insight WMS | Inventory management software | |||
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BarControl Enterprise Manager iBEM | Inventory management software | |||
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IntelliTrack Warehouse Management System WMS | Inventory management software | |||
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Lilly Software Associates VISUAL DCMS | Inventory management software | |||
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Midland Information Systems inventory management software | Inventory management software | |||
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Motek Priya | Inventory management software | |||
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RedPrairie DLx Warehouse | Inventory management software | |||
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SAP warehouse management software | Inventory management software | |||
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SSA Global Supply Chain Management | Materials requirements planning logistics and supply chain software | |||
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Banding equipment | Wrapping machinery | |||
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Belt conveyors | Belt conveyors | |||
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Booms | Forklift or elevator accessories or supplies | |||
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Bridgeplates | Dock plates | |||
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Bulk liquid trucks | Bulk transporters | |||
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Cantilever trucks | Forklifts | |||
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Combination vacuum lifts | Lifts | |||
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Container reach stackers | Cargo handling equipment | |||
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Container top handlers | Cargo handling equipment | |||
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Counterbalanced front/side loader lift trucks | Lifts | |||
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Crane attachments | Forklift or elevator accessories or supplies | |||
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Dockboards | Dock ramps | |||
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Dollies | Dollies | |||
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Extended-reach forklifts | Forklifts | |||
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Flatbed trailers | Flatbed trailers | |||
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Fork-grapples | Grapples | |||
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Forklifts | Forklifts | |||
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Forktrucks | Forklifts | |||
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High-lift order picker trucks | Manlift or personnel lift | |||
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Hustlers | Cargo trucks | |||
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Industrial crane trucks | Conventional truck cranes | |||
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Jacks | Jacks | |||
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Lift beams | Forklift or elevator accessories or supplies | |||
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Lift trucks | Forklifts | |||
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Lifting clamps | Forklift or elevator accessories or supplies | |||
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Metal dump hopper attachments | Forklift or elevator accessories or supplies | |||
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Motorized hand trucks | Hand trucks or accessories | |||
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On-board computers for sending/receiving instructions | Thin client computers | |||
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Overhead hoists | Hoists | |||
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Pallet trucks | Pallet trucks | |||
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Personal computers | Personal computers | |||
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Personnel and burden carriers | Platform lift | |||
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Platform lift trucks | Platform lift | |||
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Reach rider trucks | Manlift or personnel lift | |||
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Reach stackers | Cargo handling equipment | |||
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Reach type outrigger trucks | Lifts | |||
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Rider trucks | Lifts | |||
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Rough terrain forklifts | Forklifts | |||
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Scoops | Forklift or elevator accessories or supplies | |||
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Shovel attachments | Forklift or elevator accessories or supplies | |||
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Shrink wrap machines | Industrial shrink wrap equipment | |||
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Sliding boom forklifts | Forklifts | |||
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Snowplows | Snowplow attachments | |||
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Straddle carriers | Cargo handling equipment | |||
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Straight-mast forklifts | Forklifts | |||
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Swivel hooks | Swivel hooks | |||
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Tank trailers | Non temperature controlled tanker trailers | |||
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Telescopic forklifts | Telescoping boom lift | |||
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Top loaders | Cargo trucks | |||
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Wheel chocks | Wheel chocks | |||
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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-the-Job Training | Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month | |||
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On-Site or In-Plant Training | Up to and including 1 month | |||
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On-Site or In-Plant Training | None | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Carrier Driver | |||
Carry All Driver | |||
Cat Driver | |||
Cat Operator | |||
Cat Skinner | |||
Cat Tender | |||
Caterpillar Driver | |||
Caterpillar Operator | |||
Caterpillar Tractor Operator | |||
Charging Car Operator | |||
Checker Loader | |||
Clark Driver | |||
Diesel Tractor Operator | |||
Dolly Driver | |||
Drier Transfer Car Operator | |||
Electric Car Operator | |||
Electric Dolly Operator | |||
Electric Lift Truck Driver | |||
Electric Mule Driver | |||
Electric Mule Operator | |||
Electric Truck Driver | |||
Electric Truck Operator | |||
Electric Trucker | |||
Euclid Operator | |||
Finger Lift Operator | |||
Fork Lift Driver | |||
Fork Lift Operator | |||
Fork Lift Technician | |||
Fork Operator | |||
Fork Truck Driver | |||
Forklift Driver | |||
Forklift Operator | |||
Forklift Truck Operator | |||
Front End Loader Operator | |||
Front-End Loader Operator | |||
Gate Keeper | |||
Hauler | |||
Heavy Machinery Operator | |||
Hi Lift Operator | |||
Hi Lo Driver | |||
Hi Low Truck Driver | |||
Hi Ranger Operator | |||
High Lift Driver | |||
High Lift Mule Operator | |||
High Lift Operator | |||
Hot Car Operator | |||
Hydraulic Lift Driver | |||
Hydraulic Lift Operator (Hy Lift Operator) | |||
Hyster Driver | |||
Hyster Machine Operator | |||
Industrial Tractor Driver | |||
Industrial Truck Driver | |||
Industrial Truck Operator | |||
Inside Trucker | |||
Jitney Driver | |||
Jitney Driver (Logistics) | |||
Jitterbug Operator | |||
Kiln Transfer Operator | |||
Larry Operator | |||
Lead Handler | |||
Lead Loader | |||
Lift Driver | |||
Lift Truck Operator | |||
Lifter Driver | |||
Log Carrier Operator | |||
Lumber Carrier Operator | |||
Marsh Buggy Operator | |||
Material Handler | |||
Mold Car Pusher | |||
Mule Operator | |||
Package Lift Operator | |||
Parts Attendant | |||
Plowing Gardens | |||
Power Mule Operator | |||
Power Truck Driver | |||
Quencher Operator | |||
Quenching Car Operator | |||
Reach-Lift Truck Driver | |||
Replenisher | |||
Ross Carrier Driver | |||
Ross Lift Operator | |||
Shag Truck Driver | |||
Shipper | |||
Shipping Office Forklift Operator | |||
Shipping Operator | |||
Shipping Receiving Warehouse Worker | |||
Skidder Driver | |||
Skidder Lever Operator | |||
Skidder Loader | |||
Skidder Operator | |||
Skidder Runner | |||
Skip Load Driver | |||
Skip Operator | |||
Snaker, Tractor Driver | |||
Spotter Driver | |||
Stacker Driver | |||
Stacker Operator | |||
Storekeeper | |||
Straddle Bug | |||
Straddle Bug Driver | |||
Straddle Bug Operator | |||
Straddle Carrier Operator | |||
Straddle Truck Driver | |||
Straddle Truck Operator | |||
Tier Lift Operator | |||
Tier Truck Driver | |||
Tow Driver | |||
Tow Motor Driver | |||
Tow Motor Operator | |||
Tractor Driver | |||
Tractor Driver Teamster | |||
Tractor Operator | |||
Transfer Car Operator | |||
Travelift Operator | |||
Truck Driver | |||
Uke Driver | |||
Uke Operator | |||
Unloader Operator | |||
Warehouse Driver | |||
Warehouse Person | |||
Warehouse Technician | |||
Warehouse Worker | |||
Warehouser | |||
Waste Transportation Technician | |||
Wheel Loader Operator | |||
Yard Jockey | |||
Yard Worker | |||
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