Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a forklift operator can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a forklift operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Forklift operators are responsible for operating forklifts to move, locate, relocate, stack, and count merchandise. They are accountable for the safe and efficient operation of forklifts. Moreover, they perform the filling of orders and check the accuracy of other orders.

Also known as warehouse forklift operator, order picker driver, warehouse forklift driver, operator of forklift trucks, forklift truck operator, forklift driver, warehouse material handler.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 41 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: airport baggage handler, 27%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
airport baggage handler 27% covered warehouse worker 27% covered rail intermodal equipment ope… 23% covered warehouse order picker 22% covered materials handler 20% covered forklift operator You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from forklift operator, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a forklift operator already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A forklift operator needs 32 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • conduct forklift inspections information skills
  • estimate distances information skills
  • monitor goods movement handling and moving
  • transfer stock handling and moving
  • match goods with appropriate packaging according to security procedures handling and moving
  • follow stock control instructions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • meet picking standards handling and moving
  • operate package processing equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • follow signalling instructions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • pick orders for dispatching handling and moving
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a forklift operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Forklift operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a forklift operator’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.