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Career: Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
Job Description
Operate industrial trucks or tractors equipped to move materials around a warehouse, storage yard, factory, construction site, or similar location.
Job Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
97
|
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. |
96
|
Inspect product load for accuracy, and safely move it around the warehouse or facility to ensure timely and complete delivery. |
95
|
Position lifting devices under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, and boxes, and secure material or products for transport to designated areas. |
94
|
Manually or mechanically load and unload materials from pallets, skids, platforms, cars, lifting devices, or other transport vehicles. |
68
|
Move controls to drive gasoline- or electric-powered trucks, cars, or tractors and transport materials between loading, processing, and storage areas. |
67
|
Perform routine maintenance on vehicles and auxiliary equipment, such as cleaning, lubricating, recharging batteries, fueling, or replacing liquefied-gas tank. |
52
|
Weigh materials or products, and record weight and other production data on tags or labels. |
31
|
Operate or tend automatic stacking, loading, packaging, or cutting machines. |
31
|
Signal workers to discharge, dump, or level materials. |
20
|
Turn valves and open chutes to dump, spray, or release materials from dump cars or storage bins into hoppers. |
16
|
Hook tow trucks to trailer hitches and fasten attachments, such as graders, plows, rollers, and winch cables to tractors, using hitchpins. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
83
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
64
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
59
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|
58
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
57
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
56
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
50
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
48
|
Getting Information
|
44
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
42
|
Processing Information
|
39
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
38
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
38
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
36
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
36
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
33
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
33
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
32
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
30
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
30
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
28
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
28
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
28
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
28
|
Thinking Creatively
|
27
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
26
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
25
|
Interacting With Computers
|
24
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
23
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
23
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
21
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
21
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|
20
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
18
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
17
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
16
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
10
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|
9
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|
8
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|
7
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
6
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|