Freight and Furniture Handlers

Key Tasks

• •Labelling goods with customers' details and destinations
• •Loading goods into trucks, containers and rail wagons, and securing loads
• •Assisting to tie down loads and cover them with tarpaulins
• •Guiding truck drivers into loading bays and through confined spaces
• •Performing clerical functions to record and check cargo on arrival, storage and despatch
• •Opening and closing hatches and securing cargo to prevent shifting during voyages
• •Transferring loads using moving equipment and directing equipment operations using communication systems
• •Stacking cargo on pallets, trays, flats and slings to facilitate transfer to and from ships

Employment Projections to 2035