Packers and Packagers, Hand

Tasks

Core Tasks Include:

• Mark and label containers, container tags, or products, using marking tools.
• Measure, weigh, and count products and materials.
• Record product, packaging, and order information on specified forms and records.
• Seal containers or materials, using glues, fasteners, nails, and hand tools.
• Assemble, line, and pad cartons, crates, and containers, using hand tools.
• Clean containers, materials, supplies, or work areas, using cleaning solutions and hand tools.
• Obtain, move, and sort products, materials, containers, and orders, using hand tools.
• Examine and inspect containers, materials, or products to ensure that product quality and packing specifications are met.

Supplemental Tasks Include:

• Remove completed or defective products or materials, placing them on moving equipment, such as conveyors, or in specified areas, such as loading docks.
• Load materials and products into package processing equipment.
• Transport packages to customers' vehicles.
• Place or pour products or materials into containers, using hand tools and equipment, or fill containers from spouts or chutes.

The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)