Warehouse order picker to stevedore
A warehouse order picker already meets 18% of what the stevedore role asks for. The move turns on 30 required skills not yet in the profile.
85.5/ 100
1 How much of what a stevedore is expected to do is already part of a warehouse order picker’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the stevedore role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A stevedore role treats 7 of its required skills as things a warehouse order picker already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- lift heavy weights
- operate material handling equipment
- operate voice picking systems
- safety regulations for warehouses
- stack goods
- store warehouse goods
What stands in the way is 30 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A stevedore role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a warehouse order picker background worth leading with.
- already held operate voice picking systems handling and moving
- already held operate material handling equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held store warehouse goods handling and moving
- already held safety regulations for warehouses services
- already held warehouse operations business, administration and law
- already held stack goods handling and moving
All 7 carried skills, including the 7 the stevedore role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 36 missing skills fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn assess trim of vessels required
- still to learn handle intermodal equipment required
- still to learn organise weight of loads according to lifting equipment capacity required
- still to learn perform defensive driving required
- still to learn shunt inbound loads required
- still to learn shunt outbound loads required
- still to learn conduct routine machinery checks required
- still to learn manoeuvre heavy trucks required
- still to learn operate forklift required
- optional, not held operate maritime lifting equipment optional
- optional, not held execute chilling processes to food products optional
- still to learn accommodate cargo in freight transport vehicle required
- still to learn apply techniques for stacking goods into containers required
- still to learn climb on railcars required
- still to learn mark differences in colours required
- still to learn work on uneven surfaces required
- optional, not held receive shipment packaging information optional
- optional, not held handle fuels optional
- still to learn ramp safety requirements required
- still to learn vehicle cargo capacity required
- still to learn loading charts for transportation of goods required
- still to learn national regulations on handling cargo required
- optional, not held hazardous freight regulations optional
- still to learn analyse relation between supply chain improvement and profit required
- still to learn assess stability of vessels required
- still to learn analyse supply chain strategies required
- still to learn keep time accurately required
- still to learn laws on the transportation of dangerous goods required
- still to learn international regulations for cargo handling required
- still to learn relay messages through radio and telephone systems required
- still to learn perform services in a flexible manner required
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a stevedore role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 accommodate cargo in freight transport vehicle practise this
- 02 analyse relation between supply chain improvement and profit practise this
- 03 apply techniques for stacking goods into containers practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 7 skills that carry over
- already held lift heavy weights skill
- already held operate material handling equipment skill
- already held operate voice picking systems skill
- already held safety regulations for warehouses knowledge
- already held stack goods skill
- already held store warehouse goods skill
- already held warehouse operations knowledge
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn operate on-board computer systems required
- still to learn use ICT systems required
- still to learn ensure that shipment contents correspond with shipping documentation required
- still to learn tolerate stress required
- optional, not held functions of vessel deck equipment optional
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held operate maritime lifting equipment optional
- optional, not held execute chilling processes to food products optional
- optional, not held functions of vessel deck equipment optional
- optional, not held hazardous freight regulations optional
- optional, not held receive shipment packaging information optional
- optional, not held handle fuels optional
24 held skills the stevedore role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assemble goods skill
- not needed by the target role check shipments skill
- not needed by the target role comply with checklists skill
- not needed by the target role deliver outstanding service skill
- not needed by the target role ensure efficient utilisation of warehouse space skill
- not needed by the target role follow written instructions skill
- not needed by the target role identify damaged goods before shipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain material handling equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain physical condition of warehouse skill
- not needed by the target role maintain stock control systems skill
- not needed by the target role maintain warehouse database skill
- not needed by the target role manage transport of goods from warehouse facilities skill
- not needed by the target role manage warehouse inventory skill
- not needed by the target role operate chainsaw skill
- not needed by the target role operate warehouse record systems skill
- not needed by the target role pick orders for dispatching skill
- not needed by the target role process customer orders skill
- not needed by the target role process orders from online shop skill
- not needed by the target role secure goods skill
- not needed by the target role types of packaging used in industrial shipments knowledge
- not needed by the target role use packaging equipment skill
- not needed by the target role use warehouse marking tools skill
- not needed by the target role warehousing regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role weigh shipments skill
8 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn laws on the transportation of dangerous goods required
- still to learn ramp safety requirements required
- still to learn vehicle cargo capacity required
- still to learn international regulations for cargo handling required
- still to learn loading charts for transportation of goods required
- still to learn national regulations on handling cargo required
- optional, not held functions of vessel deck equipment optional
- optional, not held hazardous freight regulations optional
Common questions about this move
Can a warehouse order picker become a stevedore?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A warehouse order picker already covers 18% of what a stevedore is expected to do: 7 skills carry over, 7 of which the stevedore role treats as required.
What skills does a warehouse order picker need to become a stevedore?
30 required skills are missing, plus 6 optional ones. They fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with machinery and specialised equipment. The single most important is accommodate cargo in freight transport vehicle.
How hard is the move from warehouse order picker to stevedore?
Its learning distance is 85.5 out of 100, which is the career change band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.