Forklift Operator

Tasks

• Move levers or controls that operate lifting devices, such as forklifts, lift beams with swivel-hooks, hoists, or elevating platforms, to load, unload, transport, or stack material.

• Inspect product load for accuracy and safely move it around the warehouse or facility to ensure timely and complete delivery.

• Manually or mechanically load or unload materials from pallets, skids, platforms, cars, lifting devices, or other transport vehicles.

• Position lifting devices under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, or boxes and secure material or products for transport to designated areas.

• Weigh materials or products and record weight or other production data on tags or labels.

• Perform routine maintenance on vehicles or auxiliary equipment, such as cleaning, lubricating, recharging batteries, fueling, or replacing liquefied-gas tank.

• Move controls to drive gasoline- or electric-powered trucks, cars, or tractors and transport materials between loading, processing, and storage areas.

• Operate or tend automatic stacking, loading, packaging, or cutting machines.

• Signal workers to discharge, dump, or level materials.

• Hook tow trucks to trailer hitches and fasten attachments, such as graders, plows, rollers, or winch cables to tractors, using hitchpins.

• Turn valves and open chutes to dump, spray, or release materials from dump cars or storage bins into hoppers.

Skills

• Operation Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.

• Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems.

Knowledge

• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

• Production and Processing - Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

• Public Safety and Security - Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.