Employment Percentage: 
6.946764091858
SOC ID: 
53-7051
SOC Title: 
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
ONET ID: 
53-7051.00
ONET Concat ID: 
53705100
Median Salary: 
35790.6
Ed Level High School: 
92.959999
Ed Level Certificate: 
4.75
Ed Level Some College: 
2.3
Ed Level Associates: 
0
Ed Level Bachelors: 
0
Ed Level Masters: 
0
Ed Level Doctor: 
0
Typical Ed Level: 
a high school diploma or less
Description: 

Operate industrial trucks or tractors equipped to move materials around a warehouse, storage yard, factory, construction site, or similar location.

Core Tasks: 

<ul><li>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.</li><li>Inspect product load for accuracy and safely move it around the warehouse or facility to ensure timely and complete delivery.</li><li>Manually or mechanically load or unload materials from pallets, skids, platforms, cars, lifting devices, or other transport vehicles.</li><li>Position lifting devices under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, or boxes and secure material or products for transport to designated areas.</li><li>Weigh materials or products and record weight or other production data on tags or labels.</li><li>Perform routine maintenance on vehicles or auxiliary equipment, such as cleaning, lubricating, recharging batteries, fueling, or replacing liquefied-gas tank.</li></ul>

Start Annual Earnings: 
25885.82
Top Annual Earnings: 
59614.81
Title Slug: 
industrial-truck-and-tractor-operator