warehouse order pickertowarehouse worker
A warehouse order picker already meets 27% of what the warehouse worker role asks for. The move turns on 28 required skills not yet in the profile.
27%
80.9/ 100
1 Share of the warehouse worker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the warehouse order picker 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 worker role treats 12 of its required skills as things a warehouse order picker already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- identify damaged goods before shipment
- lift heavy weights
- maintain physical condition of warehouse
- maintain stock control systems
- manage transport of goods from warehouse facilities
- manage warehouse inventory
What stands in the way is 28 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 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A warehouse worker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a warehouse order picker background worth leading with.
- already held use warehouse marking tools handling and moving
- already held identify damaged goods before shipment handling and moving
- already held manage transport of goods from warehouse facilities handling and moving
- already held pick orders for dispatching handling and moving
- already held types of packaging used in industrial shipments services
- already held maintain physical condition of warehouse communication, collaboration and creativity
All 15 carried skills, including the 12 the warehouse worker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 51 missing skills fall into 11 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 apply techniques for stacking goods into containers required
- required, not held assist in the movement of heavy loads required
- required, not held clean industrial containers required
- required, not held dispatch order processing required
- required, not held match goods with appropriate packaging according to security procedures required
- required, not held pallets loading required
- required, not held receive goods required
- required, not held load products for dispatch required
- required, not held perform cleaning duties required
- required, not held sort waste required
- optional, not held receive shipment packaging information optional
- optional, not held use barcode scanning equipment optional
- optional, not held clean warehouse optional
- optional, not held manage packaging material optional
- required, not held handle paperwork related to warehouse stock required
- required, not held handle shipment paperwork required
- required, not held monitor stock level required
- required, not held check for damaged items required
- required, not held control of expenses required
- required, not held have spatial awareness required
- optional, not held ensure quality control in packaging optional
- optional, not held monitor packaging operations optional
- optional, not held oversee stock quality control optional
- optional, not held analyse packaging requirements optional
- optional, not held organise information optional
- required, not held follow stock control instructions required
- required, not held follow verbal instructions required
- required, not held implement efficiency plans for logistics operations required
- required, not held stay alert required
- required, not held use different communication channels required
- optional, not held apply transportation management concepts optional
- optional, not held handle returns optional
- optional, not held work in a logistics team optional
- optional, not held adapt to changing situations optional
- optional, not held cooperate with colleagues optional
- optional, not held handle customer complaints optional
- required, not held operate package processing equipment required
- required, not held operate warehouse materials required
- required, not held operate weighing machine required
- optional, not held carry out ship-to-shore operations optional
- optional, not held tend packaging machines optional
- required, not held have computer literacy required
- optional, not held use a warehouse management system optional
- required, not held products coding system required
5 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a warehouse worker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 handle paperwork related to warehouse stock skill · occupation specific
- 02 apply techniques for stacking goods into containers skill · sector specific
- 03 assist in the movement of heavy loads 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 15 skills that carry over
- already held identify damaged goods before shipment skill
- already held lift heavy weights skill
- already held maintain physical condition of warehouse skill
- already held maintain stock control systems skill
- already held manage transport of goods from warehouse facilities skill
- already held manage warehouse inventory skill
- already held operate warehouse record systems skill
- already held pick orders for dispatching skill
- already held secure goods skill
- already held stack goods skill
- already held types of packaging used in industrial shipments knowledge
- already held use warehouse marking tools skill
- already held assemble goods skill
- already held follow written instructions skill
- already held safety regulations for warehouses knowledge
The 5 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held use rigging tools required
- required, not held plan shifts of employees required
- optional, not held apply procedures to ensure cargo complies with customs regulations optional
- optional, not held handle fragile items optional
- optional, not held packaging engineering optional
- optional, not held product packaging requirements optional
- optional, not held freight transport methods optional
23 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held apply procedures to ensure cargo complies with customs regulations optional
- optional, not held apply transportation management concepts optional
- optional, not held carry out ship-to-shore operations optional
- optional, not held ensure quality control in packaging optional
- optional, not held handle fragile items optional
- optional, not held handle returns optional
- optional, not held monitor packaging operations optional
- optional, not held oversee stock quality control optional
- optional, not held receive shipment packaging information optional
- optional, not held use barcode scanning equipment optional
- optional, not held work in a logistics team optional
- optional, not held adapt to changing situations optional
- optional, not held analyse packaging requirements optional
- optional, not held clean warehouse optional
- optional, not held cooperate with colleagues optional
- optional, not held freight transport methods optional
- optional, not held handle customer complaints optional
- optional, not held manage packaging material optional
- optional, not held organise information optional
- optional, not held packaging engineering optional
- optional, not held product packaging requirements optional
- optional, not held tend packaging machines optional
- optional, not held use a warehouse management system optional
16 held skills the warehouse worker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role check shipments skill
- not needed by the target role comply with checklists skill
- not needed by the target role deliver outstanding service skill
- not needed by the target role ensure efficient utilisation of warehouse space skill
- not needed by the target role maintain material handling equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain warehouse database skill
- not needed by the target role operate chainsaw skill
- not needed by the target role operate material handling equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate voice picking systems skill
- not needed by the target role process customer orders skill
- not needed by the target role process orders from online shop skill
- not needed by the target role store warehouse goods skill
- not needed by the target role use packaging equipment skill
- not needed by the target role warehouse operations knowledge
- not needed by the target role warehousing regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role weigh shipments 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 products coding system required
- optional, not held freight transport methods optional
- optional, not held packaging engineering optional
- optional, not held product packaging requirements 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.