Material handlers
National Occupation Code (NOC): 75101
Material handlers handle, move, load and unload materials by hand or using a variety of material handling equipment. They are employed by transportation, storage and moving companies, and by a variety of manufacturing and processing companies and retail and wholesale warehouses.
Job Duties for Material handlers
- Load, unload and move products and materials by hand or using basic material handling equipment
- Move household appliances and furniture onto and off moving trucks or vans
- Perform other material handling activities such as counting, weighing, sorting, packing and unpacking.
- Operate winches and other loading devices to load and unload materials onto and off trucks, railway cars and loading docks of warehouses and industrial establishments
- Operate industrial trucks, tractors, loaders and other equipment to transport materials to and from transportation vehicles and loading docks and to store and retrieve materials in warehouses
- Connect hoses or pipes and operate equipment to load and unload liquid petroleum, chemical or other products into or from tank cars, tank trucks or storage tanks
- Operate equipment to dump materials such as coal, ore and grain into or to remove materials from railway cars, trucks or other vehicles
- Operate conveyors and equipment to transfer grain or other materials from transportation vehicles to elevators, bins or other storage areas
- May perform other activities, such as opening containers and crates, filling warehouse orders, assisting in taking inventory and weighing and checking materials.
Alternate Job Titles
- Ash Handler
- Automated Storage And Retrieval System Operator
- Automatic Pallet Equipment Operator
- Bandoleer Packer – Explosives Manufacturing
- Belt Conveyor Attendant
- Beltman/woman
- Bin Attendant
- Bin Filler
- Binman/woman
- Box Bander
- Box Filler
- Boxcar Loader
- Bucket Elevator Operator
- Bulk Materials Carrier Operator
- Bulk Materials Loader Operator
- Bulk Materials Unloader
- Cement Loader And Sacker
- Coal Conveyor Operator
- Coal Conveyor Operator – Surface Mining
- Coal Dumper
- Coal Handler
- Coal Loader-unloader
- Coal Wheeler
- Coal-moving Equipment Operator
- Conveyor Belt Attendant
- Conveyor Belt Operator (except Underground Mines)
- Conveyor Belt Patroller-controller
- Conveyor Console Operator
- Conveyor Operator – Material Handling (except Underground Mines)
- Conveyor Tender – Material Handling (except Underground Mines)
- Cribber – Grain Elevator
- Disposal Worker – Warehouse
- Dockman/woman – Truck Transport
- Dumper – Material Handling
- Dumper – Surface Coal Mining
- Electric Dolly Operator
- Electric Mule Operator
- Electric Truck Operator
- Explosives Handler
- Explosives Packer
- Express Service Handler (except Air Transport)
- Fats And Oils Loader
- Feed Mill Loader
- Forklift Operator
- Forklift Truck Operator
- Freight Car Loader
- Freight Car Unloader
- Freight Handler (except Air Transport)
- Freight Loader (except Air Transport)
- Freight Unloader (except Air Transport)
- Furniture Loader-unloader
- Furniture Mover
- Glass Cut-off Machine Unloader
- Grain Conveyor Operator
- Grain Elevator Operator
- Grain Handler
- Grain Weigher
- Hand Bagger – Material Handling
- Hand Bundler
- Hand Packager
- Hand Sacker – Material Handling
- Hand Truck Operator
- Heavy Materials Handler
- Household Goods Mover
- Industrial Truck Operator
- Jack Lift Operator
- Jitney Driver – Material Handling
- Labourer – Material Handling
- Labourer – Warehousing And Storage
- Lift Driver
- Lift Jack Operator
- Lift Scoop Operator
- Lift Truck Operator
- Light Materials Handler
- Liquids Loader-unloader
- Loader-unloader – Material Handling
- Lumber Handler – Building Supplies
- Lumber Piler – Building Supplies
- Lumber Stocker – Material Handling
- Lumber Unloader – Material Handling
- Malthouse Worker
- Material Handler
- Material Handler – Manufacturing And Warehousing
- Mobilift Operator
- Munitions Handler
- Package Lift Operator
- Packer – Material Handling
- Pallet Lift Operator
- Pallet Loader Operator
- Pallet Truck Operator
- Palletizer Operator
- Paper Wrapper – Material Handling
- Pick-up Machine Operator
- Piler – Material Handling
- Piler (except Processing)
- Pole Distributor Operator
- Pole Stacker Operator
- Power Truck Driver – Material Handling
- Railway Car Loader
- Reach Truck Operator
- Ready-mix Truck Loader
- Recycled Paper Handler
- Shingle Piler – Material Handling
- Shipment Assembler
- Skidder – Fruit Packing
- Stacker – Material Handling
- Stacker Operator – Material Handling
- Stacking Machine Operator – Material Handling
- Stacking Machine Tender – Material Handling
- Stock Helper
- Stock-keeper Helper
- Stockpiler
- Storage Man/woman
- Storage Worker – Material Handling
- Straddle Carrier Operator
- Straddle Truck Operator
- Supermarket Jigger Operator
- Tank Truck Loader
- Tier Lift Truck Operator
- Tipman/woman – Surface Coal Mining
- Tow Motor Driver (except Air Transport)
- Truck Load Weigher
- Truck Loader
- Used Building Materials Yard Attendant
- Van Loader
- Warehouse Keeper Helper
- Warehouse Worker – Material Handling
- Warehouseman/woman
- Warehouseperson