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.

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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.

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• 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