Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a materials handler can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a materials handler already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Materials handlers execute the handling and storage of materials through activities such as loading, unloading and moving articles in a warehouse or storage room. They work according to orders to inspect materials and provide documentation for the handling of items. Materials handlers also manage inventory and ensure the safe disposal of waste.

Elementary occupations 40 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: warehouse order picker, 38%

warehouse order picker 38% covered warehouse worker 38% covered hand packer 30% covered inventory coordinator 27% covered warehouse operators for cloth… 25% covered materials handler You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from materials handler. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a materials handler already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

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materials handler is filed under Elementary occupations, ISCO major group 9. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a materials handler already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.