Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a warehouse worker can go next

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

Warehouse workers execute the accurate handling, packing and storage of materials in a warehouse. They receive goods, label them, check quality, store the goods and document any damage. Warehouse workers also monitor stock levels of items, keep inventory and ship goods.

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

Elementary occupations 66 skills on file 7 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: materials handler, 65%

Fig. 2 · Career map 6 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
materials handler 65% covered warehouse order picker 48% covered inventory coordinator 40% covered forklift operator 37% covered container crane operator 30% covered distribution centre dispatcher 30% covered warehouse worker You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 6 nearest destinations from warehouse worker, 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 worker already covers. All 7 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 worker needs 40 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
  • handle paperwork related to warehouse stock information skills
  • match goods with appropriate packaging according to security procedures handling and moving
  • receive goods handling and moving
  • dispatch order processing handling and moving
  • follow stock control instructions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • load products for dispatch handling and moving
  • use warehouse marking tools handling and moving
  • assist in the movement of heavy loads handling and moving
  • identify damaged goods before shipment handling and moving
  • manage transport of goods from warehouse facilities handling and moving
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Warehouse worker 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 worker’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.