Jobs / Physical work / 53-7051.00
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
Operate industrial trucks or tractors equipped to move materials around a warehouse, storage yard, factory, construction site, or similar location.
- US jobs
- 774,420
- Median wage
- $46,420 a year
- Job family
- Physical work
Can agents do the work of industrial truck and tractor operators?
We read the evidence at the level of the job family, Physical work:
- Task levelUnexploredNo benchmark in our collection covers this work yet.
- Project levelUnexploredNo benchmark in our collection covers this work yet.
Unexplored territory
No benchmark in this atlas covers this work yet.
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- 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.
- Move controls to drive gasoline- or electric-powered trucks, cars, or tractors and transport materials between loading, processing, and storage areas.
- 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.
- Inspect product load for accuracy and safely move it around the warehouse or facility to ensure timely and complete delivery.
- 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.
- Operate or tend automatic stacking, loading, packaging, or cutting machines.
- Turn valves and open chutes to dump, spray, or release materials from dump cars or storage bins into hoppers.
Other job titles for this occupation (80)
Checker Loader · Fork Lift Technician · Fork Truck Driver · Forklift Driver · Forklift Operator · Lift Truck Operator · Shag Truck Driver · Spotter Driver · Tow Motor Operator · Truck Driver · Carry All Driver · CAT Driver (Caterpillar Driver) · CAT Operator (Caterpillar Operator) · CAT Skinner (Caterpillar Skinner) · CAT Tender (Caterpillar Tender) · CAT Tractor Operator (Caterpillar Tractor Operator) · Charging Car Operator · Diesel Tractor Operator · Dolly Driver · Drier Transfer Car Operator · Electric Car Operator · Electric Dolly Operator · Electric Lift Truck Driver · Electric Mule Driver · Electric Mule Operator · Electric Pallet Jack Operator · Electric Truck Driver · Electric Truck Operator · Electric Trucker · Euclid Operator · Finger Lift Operator · Fork Operator · Forklift Technician · Forklift Truck Operator · Hauler · Heavy Machinery Operator · Hi Lift Operator · Hi Lo Driver · Hi Low Truck Driver · Hi Ranger Operator · High Lift Driver · High Lift Mule Operator · High Lift Operator · Hot Car Operator · Hydraulic Lift Driver (Hy Lift Driver) · Hydraulic Lift Operator (Hy Lift Operator) · Hyster Driver · Hyster Machine Operator · Industrial Tractor Driver · Industrial Truck Driver · Industrial Truck Operator · Inside Trucker · Kiln Transfer Operator · Larry Operator · Lift Driver · Lift Operator · Lifter Driver · Log Carrier Operator · Lumber Carrier Operator · Marsh Buggy Operator · Mold Car Pusher · Mule Operator · Package Lift Operator · Power Mule Operator · Power Truck Driver · Quencher Operator · Quenching Car Operator · Reach Truck Operator · Reach-Lift Truck Driver · Skidder Driver · Skidder Lever Operator · Skidder Loader · Skidder Operator · Skidder Runner · Skip Load Driver · Skip Operator · Snaker · Stacker Driver · Stacker Operator · Straddle Bug Driver