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7452 – Material Handlers
This unit group includes workers who handle, move, load and unload materials by hand or using a variety of material handling equipment. They are employed by transportation, storage and moving companies, and by a variety of manufacturing and processing companies and retail and wholesale warehouses.
Profile
Index of titles Example job titles
- Ash handler
- Attendant, used building materials yard
- Automated storage and retrieval system operator
- Automatic pallet equipment operator
- Bandoleer packer - explosives manufacturing
- Belt conveyor attendant
- Beltman/woman
- Bin attendant
- Bin filler
- Binman/woman
- Box bander
- Box filler
- Boxcar loader
- Bucket elevator operator
- Bulk materials carrier operator
- Bulk materials loader operator
- Bulk materials unloader
- Bundler, hand
- Car loader, railway
- Carrier operator, bulk materials
- Cement loader and sacker
- Coal conveyor operator
- Coal conveyor operator - surface mining
- Coal dumper
- Coal handler
- Coal loader-unloader
- Coal wheeler
- Coal-moving equipment operator
- Conveyor belt attendant
- Conveyor belt operator (except underground mines)
- Conveyor belt patroller-controller
- Conveyor console operator
- Conveyor operator - material handling (except underground mines)
- Conveyor operator, grain
- Conveyor tender - material handling (except underground mines)
- Cribber - grain elevator
- Disposal worker - warehouse
- Dockman/woman - truck transport
- Dumper - material handling
- Dumper - surface coal mining
- Electric dolly operator
- Electric mule operator
- Electric truck operator
- Explosives handler
- Explosives packer
- Express service handler (except air transport)
- Facilities porter
- Fats and oils loader
- Feed mill loader
- Forklift operator
- Forklift truck operator
- Freight car loader
- Freight car unloader
- Freight handler (except air transport)
- Freight loader (except air transport)
- Freight unloader (except air transport)
- Furniture loader-unloader
- Furniture mover
- Glass cut-off machine unloader
- Grain conveyor operator
- Grain handler
- Grain weigher
- Hand bagger - material handling
- Hand bundler
- Hand packager
- Hand packer, sacks - material handling
- Hand sacker - material handling
- Hand truck operator
- Handler, explosives
- Handler, freight (except air transport)
- Handler, grain
- Handler, heavy materials
- Handler, light materials
- Handler, materials
- Handler, materials - manufacturing and warehousing
- Handler, recycled paper
- Heavy materials handler
- Helper, stock
- Helper, stock-keeper
- Helper, warehouse keeper
- Household goods mover
- Industrial truck operator
- Jack lift operator
- Jigger operator, supermarket
- Jitney driver - material handling
- Labourer - material handling
- Labourer - warehousing and storage
- Lift driver
- Lift jack operator
- Lift scoop operator
- Lift truck operator
- Light materials handler
- Liquids loader-unloader
- Loader operator, bulk materials
- Loader-unloader - material handling
- Loader-unloader, furniture
- Loader-unloader, liquids
- Loader, fats and oils
- Loader, freight (except air transport)
- Loader, railway car
- Loader, ready-mix trucks
- Loader, tank trucks
- Loader, trucks
- Lumber handler - building supplies
- Lumber piler - building supplies
- Lumber stocker - material handling
- Lumber unloader - material handling
- Malthouse worker
- Material handler
- Material handler - manufacturing and warehousing
- Mobilift operator
- Munitions handler
- Operator, coal-moving equipment
- Operator, conveyor - material handling (except underground mines)
- Operator, conveyor belt (except underground mines)
- Operator, forklift
- Operator, forklift truck
- Operator, grain conveyor
- Operator, hand truck
- Operator, lift truck
- Operator, pallet lift
- Operator, pallet truck
- Operator, reach truck
- Operator, stacker - material handling
- Operator, straddle carrier
- Operator, straddle truck
- Operator, tier lift truck
- Package lift operator
- Packer - material handling
- Pallet lift operator
- Pallet loader operator
- Pallet truck operator
- Palletizer operator
- Paper wrapper - material handling
- Pick-up machine operator
- Piler - material handling
- Piler (except processing)
- Pole distributor operator
- Pole stacker operator
- Porter, facilities
- Power truck driver - material handling
- Railway car loader
- Reach truck operator
- Ready-mix truck loader
- Recycled paper handler
- Sack packer, hand - material handling
- Shingle piler - material handling
- Shipment assembler
- Skidder - fruit packing
- Stacker - material handling
- Stacker operator - material handling
- Stacking machine operator - material handling
- Stacking machine tender - material handling
- Stock helper
- Stock-keeper helper
- Stockpiler
- Storage man/woman
- Storage worker - material handling
- Straddle carrier operator
- Straddle truck operator
- Supermarket jigger operator
- Tank truck loader
- Tender, conveyor - material handling (except underground mines)
- Tender, stacking machine - material handling
- Tier lift truck operator
- Tipman/woman - surface coal mining
- Tow motor driver (except air transport)
- Truck load weigher
- Truck loader
- Unloader, glass cut-off machine
- Used building materials yard attendant
- Van loader
- Warehouse keeper helper
- Warehouse worker - material handling
- Warehouseman/woman
- Warehouseperson
- Weigher, truck loads
- Wrapper, paper - material handling
- Yard attendant, used building materials
- Bin filler
- Coal handler
- Conveyor console operator
- Forklift truck operator
- Freight handler (except air transport)
- Furniture mover
- Lumber piler - building supplies
- Material handler
- Railway car loader
- Stockpiler
- Storage worker - material handling
- Truck loader
- Warehouseman/woman
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Material handlers (manual) perform some or all of the following duties:
- Load, unload and move products and materials by hand or using basic material handling equipment
- Move household appliances and furniture onto and off moving trucks or vans
- Set up rooms for events, dismantle moveable walls and partitions, and organize or set up office furniture
- Perform other material handling activities such as counting, weighing, sorting, packing and unpacking.
Material handlers (equipment operators) perform some or all of the following duties:
- Operate winches and other loading devices to load and unload materials onto and off trucks, railway cars and loading docks of warehouses and industrial establishments
- Operate industrial trucks, tractors, loaders and other equipment to transport materials to and from transportation vehicles and loading docks and to store and retrieve materials in warehouses
- Connect hoses or pipes and operate equipment to load and unload liquid petroleum, chemical or other products into or from tank cars, tank trucks or storage tanks
- Operate equipment to dump materials such as coal, ore and grain into or to remove materials from railway cars, trucks or other vehicles
- Operate conveyors and equipment to transfer grain or other materials from transportation vehicles to elevators, bins or other storage areas
- May perform other activities, such as opening containers and crates, filling warehouse orders, assisting in taking inventory and weighing and checking materials.
Employment requirements
- Some secondary school education may be required.
- Physical strength is required for manual material handlers who work with heavy materials.
Additional information
Exclusions
- Freight attendants (in 7437 Air Transport Ramp Attendants)
- Heavy Equipment Operators (Except Crane) (7421)
- Longshore Workers (7451)
- Mover helpers (in 7622 Railway and Motor Transport Labourers)
- Storekeepers and Parts Clerks (1472)
- Supervisors of material handlers (in 7217 Contractors and Supervisors, Heavy Construction Equipment Crews)
- Warehouse supervisors (in 1215 Supervisors, Recording, Distributing and Scheduling Occupations)
Breakdown summary
- Broad occupational category
- 7 – Trades, Transport and Equipment Operators and Related Occupations
- Skill level
- C – Occupations usually require secondary school and/or occupation-specific training.
- Major group
- 74 – Intermediate Occupations in Transport, Equipment Operation, Installation and Maintenance
- Minor group
- 745 – Longshore Workers and Material Handlers
- Version
- NOC 2006 Version 1.0