Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a warehouse order picker can go next

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

Warehouse order pickers prepare orders manually. They pick up orders and bring them to the delivery platform for processing, or in the trade sector to allow customers to pick them up. They are expected to complete orders for shipment, keeping in mind the quantity and type of goods specified and meeting quality criteria established by the company. They also assemble various types of merchandise for shipment and transport orders to shipping locations as specified by a supervisor. They typically stack bundled articles on pallet by hand, are responsible for wrapping articles on the pallet to secure them while moving, and for ensuring the integrity of the pallet.

Also known as order clerk, warehouse packager, warehouse picker, packer, warehouse operator, order picker, packer and shipper, warehouse packer, warehouse operative, packager, warehouse worker, picker and packager.

Elementary occupations 31 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: hand packer, 51%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
hand packer 51% covered warehouse operators for cloth… 32% covered materials handler 32% covered warehouse worker 27% covered stevedore 18% covered warehouse order picker You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from warehouse order picker, 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 warehouse order picker already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A warehouse order picker needs 25 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
  • check shipments handling and moving
  • maintain material handling equipment constructing
  • operate voice picking systems handling and moving
  • use warehouse marking tools handling and moving
  • ensure efficient utilisation of warehouse space management skills
  • operate chainsaw handling and moving
  • operate material handling equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • pick orders for dispatching handling and moving
  • store warehouse goods handling and moving
  • types of packaging used in industrial shipments services
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Warehouse order picker 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 warehouse order picker’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.