hand packertowarehouse order picker
A hand packer already meets 35% of what the warehouse order picker role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 69.4 of 100 · substantial
1 Share of the warehouse order picker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the hand packer 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.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 10 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 hand packer background worth leading with.
- already held operate voice picking systems handling and moving
- already held identify damaged goods before shipment handling and moving
- already held use packaging equipment handling and moving
- already held weigh shipments information skills
- already held maintain stock control systems handling and moving
- already held secure goods handling and moving
All 10 carried skills, including the 9 the warehouse order picker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 21 missing skills fall into 10 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 pick orders for dispatching required
- required, not held store warehouse goods required
- required, not held use warehouse marking tools required
- required, not held operate chainsaw required
- optional, not held manage transport of goods from warehouse facilities optional
- optional, not held assemble goods optional
- 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 operate warehouse record systems required
- required, not held process orders from online shop required
- required, not held safety regulations for warehouses required
- required, not held types of packaging used in industrial shipments required
- required, not held maintain physical condition of warehouse required
- required, not held maintain material handling equipment required
4 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 10 skills that carry over
- already held comply with checklists skill
- already held follow written instructions skill
- already held lift heavy weights skill
- already held maintain stock control systems skill
- already held operate voice picking systems skill
- already held secure goods skill
- already held stack goods skill
- already held use packaging equipment skill
- already held weigh shipments skill
- already held identify damaged goods before shipment skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held maintain warehouse database required
- required, not held operate material handling equipment required
- optional, not held warehouse operations optional
- optional, not held warehousing regulations optional
- optional, not held deliver outstanding service optional
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- 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
13 held skills the warehouse order picker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ensure correct goods labelling skill
- not needed by the target role pack electronic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role pack fragile items for transportation skill
- not needed by the target role pack goods skill
- not needed by the target role pack leather skill
- not needed by the target role pack soap skill
- not needed by the target role pack stone products skill
- not needed by the target role pack timber products skill
- not needed by the target role pack vegetables or fruits skill
- not needed by the target role packaging processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform packing of footwear and leather goods skill
- not needed by the target role types of packaging materials knowledge
- not needed by the target role weigh merchandise skill
4 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
- required, not held types of packaging used in industrial shipments required
- optional, not held warehouse operations optional
- optional, not held warehousing regulations optional
Other moves recorded from hand packer
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.