Careers in Transportation and Material Moving

Stockers and Order Fillers

Transportation and Material Moving

Receive, store, and issue merchandise, materials, equipment, and other items from stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard to fill shelves, racks, tables, or customers' orders. May operate power equipment to fill orders. May mark prices on merchandise and set up sales displays.

Requires a Matric Certificate

Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators

Transportation and Material Moving

Operate steam-, gas-, electric motor-, or internal combustion-engine driven compressors. Transmit, compress, or recover gases, such as butane, nitrogen, hydrogen, and natural gas.

Requires a Matric Certificate

Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers

Transportation and Material Moving

Tend, control, or operate power-driven, stationary, or portable pumps and manifold systems to transfer gases, oil, other liquids, slurries, or powdered materials to and from various vessels and processes.

Requires a Matric Certificate

Wellhead Pumpers

Transportation and Material Moving

Operate power pumps and auxiliary equipment to produce flow of oil or gas from wells in oil field.

Requires a Matric Certificate

Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors

Transportation and Material Moving

Collect and dump refuse or recyclable materials from containers into truck. May drive truck.

Requires a Matric Certificate

Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders

Transportation and Material Moving

Load and unload chemicals and bulk solids, such as coal, sand, and grain, into or from tank cars, trucks, or ships, using material moving equipment. May perform a variety of other tasks relating to shipment of products. May gauge or sample shipping tanks and test them for leaks.

Requires a Matric Certificate

Material Moving Workers, All Other

Transportation and Material Moving

All material moving workers not listed separately.

No requirement is specified