Warehouseperson

Education

• No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• Confined spaces
• Dusty
• Hot
• Cold/refrigerated
• Noisy
• Wet/damp

Work setting

• Trucking company
• Warehouse
• Retail/wholesale establishment/distribution centre

Tasks

• Build pallets
• Load, unload and move products and materials by hand or with basic material handling equipment
• Weigh materials and goods
• Make labels and attach to goods
• Provide customer service
• Pack and unpack goods
• Sort, crate and stack goods
• Transport and distribute materials and goods
• Organize and maintain inventory
• Organize inventories using computerized inventory control systems

Supervision

• 1 to 2 people

Vehicle and equipment experience

• Dollies and hand trucks

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Repetitive tasks
• Work under pressure
• Handling heavy loads
• Tight deadlines
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Large workload
• Standing for extended periods

Weight handling

• Up to 9 kg (20 lbs)
• Up to 13.5 kg (30 lbs)
• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots
• Gloves

Screening questions

• Are you available for shift or on-call work?
• Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
• Are you currently a student?
• Do you have experience working in this field?

Experience

• 1 to less than 7 months

Employment terms options

• Early morning
• Evening
• Shift
• Flexible hours
• Morning
• Night
• On call
• To be determined
• Day
• Weekend