Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a shelf filler can go next

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

Shelf fillers stock and rotate merchandise on shelves, identifying and removing expired products. They clean the shop after its operational hours, ensuring that the shelves are fully stocked for the next day. Shelf fillers may use trolleys, small forklifts to move stock and ladders to reach high shelves. They also give directions to customers in order to locate specific products.

Also known as department store shelf filler, hypermarket shelf filler, senior shelf filler, rack jobber, trainee shelf filler, garden centre shelf stacker, senior shelf stacker, supermarket shelf filler, supermarket shelf stacker, garden centre shelf filler, department store shelf stacker, shelf stacker.

Elementary occupations 17 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: delicatessen specialised seller, 26%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
delicatessen specialised sell… 26% covered beverages specialised seller 25% covered bakery specialised seller 24% covered tobacco specialised seller 24% covered sales assistant 24% covered shelf filler You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from shelf filler, 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 shelf filler 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 shelf filler needs 8 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • change shelf labels handling and moving
  • check price accuracy on the shelf handling and moving
  • assess shelf life of food products assisting and caring
  • ensure stock storage safety assisting and caring
  • stock shelves handling and moving
  • examine merchandise information skills
  • comply with food safety and hygiene assisting and caring
  • monitor stock level information skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Shelf filler 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 shelf filler’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.