forklift operatortowarehouse order picker
A forklift operator already meets 22% of what the warehouse order picker role asks for. The move turns on 19 required skills not yet in the profile.
22%
78.4/ 100
1 Share of the warehouse order picker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the forklift operator profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A warehouse order picker role treats 6 of its required skills as things a forklift operator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- lift heavy weights
- maintain warehouse database
- pick orders for dispatching
- stack goods
- store warehouse goods
- types of packaging used in industrial shipments
What stands in the way is 19 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A warehouse order picker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a forklift operator background worth leading with.
- already held pick orders for dispatching handling and moving
- already held store warehouse goods handling and moving
- already held types of packaging used in industrial shipments services
- already held maintain warehouse database working with computers
- already held stack goods handling and moving
- already held lift heavy weights handling and moving
All 6 carried skills, including the 6 the warehouse order picker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 25 missing skills fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held check shipments required
- required, not held operate voice picking systems required
- required, not held use packaging equipment required
- required, not held use warehouse marking tools required
- required, not held maintain stock control systems required
- required, not held operate chainsaw required
- required, not held secure goods required
- optional, not held identify damaged goods before shipment optional
- optional, not held manage transport of goods from warehouse facilities optional
- optional, not held assemble goods optional
- required, not held operate warehouse record systems required
- required, not held process orders from online shop required
- required, not held weigh shipments required
- required, not held ensure efficient utilisation of warehouse space required
- required, not held manage warehouse inventory required
- required, not held process customer orders required
- required, not held maintain physical condition of warehouse required
- required, not held follow written instructions required
- required, not held comply with checklists required
- optional, not held deliver outstanding service optional
- required, not held maintain material handling equipment required
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a warehouse order picker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 maintain material handling equipment skill · occupation specific
- 02 check shipments skill · sector specific
- 03 ensure efficient utilisation of warehouse space skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 6 skills that carry over
- already held lift heavy weights skill
- already held maintain warehouse database skill
- already held pick orders for dispatching skill
- already held stack goods skill
- already held store warehouse goods skill
- already held types of packaging used in industrial shipments knowledge
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held safety regulations for warehouses required
- required, not held operate material handling equipment required
- optional, not held warehouse operations optional
- optional, not held warehousing regulations optional
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held identify damaged goods before shipment optional
- optional, not held manage transport of goods from warehouse facilities optional
- optional, not held warehouse operations optional
- optional, not held warehousing regulations optional
- optional, not held assemble goods optional
- optional, not held deliver outstanding service optional
35 held skills the warehouse order picker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role act reliably skill
- not needed by the target role apply company policies skill
- not needed by the target role apply techniques for stacking goods into containers skill
- not needed by the target role carry out stock rotation skill
- not needed by the target role conduct forklift inspections skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
- not needed by the target role estimate distances skill
- not needed by the target role execute vehicle maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role execute working instructions skill
- not needed by the target role follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health skill
- not needed by the target role follow signalling instructions skill
- not needed by the target role follow stock control instructions skill
- not needed by the target role follow verbal instructions skill
- not needed by the target role follow work procedures skill
- not needed by the target role maintain equipment skill
- not needed by the target role match goods with appropriate packaging according to security procedures skill
- not needed by the target role meet picking standards skill
- not needed by the target role monitor goods movement skill
- not needed by the target role monitor vehicle repairs skill
- not needed by the target role operate forklift skill
- not needed by the target role operate package processing equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate radio equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate warehouse materials skill
- not needed by the target role prepare shipments in time skill
- not needed by the target role shunt inbound loads skill
- not needed by the target role stack empty pallets skill
- not needed by the target role stay alert skill
- not needed by the target role transfer stock skill
- not needed by the target role transport dangerous goods skill
- not needed by the target role use a warehouse management system skill
- not needed by the target role use barcode scanning equipment skill
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
- not needed by the target role use telescopic handlers skill
- not needed by the target role weigh materials skill
- not needed by the target role work in a logistics team skill
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held safety regulations for warehouses required
- optional, not held warehouse operations optional
- optional, not held warehousing regulations optional
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.