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Where a materials handler can go next

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

Materials handlers execute the handling and storage of materials through activities such as loading, unloading and moving articles in a warehouse or storage room. They work according to orders to inspect materials and provide documentation for the handling of items. Materials handlers also manage inventory and ensure the safe disposal of waste.

Also known as storage worker.

Elementary occupations 40 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: warehouse order picker, 38%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 5 nearest destinations from materials handler, 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 materials handler 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 materials handler needs 22 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

dispatch order processing handling and moving
follow stock control instructions communication, collaboration and creativity
use warehouse marking tools handling and moving
load heavy items on pallets handling and moving
products coding system business, administration and law
pick orders for dispatching handling and moving
maintain physical condition of warehouse communication, collaboration and creativity
operate warehouse record systems information skills
inventory management rules business, administration and law
maintain stock control systems handling and moving

Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Materials handler is filed under Elementary occupations, ISCO major group 9. 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 materials handler’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.