Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
Tasks Include:
- Prepare documents, such as work orders, bills of lading, or shipping orders, to route materials.
- Record shipment data, such as weight, charges, space availability, damages, or discrepancies, for reporting, accounting, or recordkeeping purposes.
- Contact carrier representatives to make arrangements or to issue instructions for shipping and delivery of materials.
- Confer or correspond with establishment representatives to rectify problems, such as damages, shortages, or nonconformance to specifications.
- Requisition and store shipping materials and supplies to maintain inventory of stock.
- Compute amounts, such as space available, shipping, storage, or demurrage charges, using computer or price list.
- Examine shipment contents and compare with records, such as manifests, invoices, or orders, to verify accuracy.
- Pack, seal, label, or affix postage to prepare materials for shipping, using hand tools, power tools, or postage meter.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +1.2%
National: -7.0%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Moderately High ($36,000 - $49,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$37,760.00
State
$36,300.00
Regional
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
Description
Career Cluster: | Business, Management & Administration |
Verify and maintain records on incoming and outgoing shipments involving inventory. Duties include verifying and recording incoming merchandise or material and arranging for the transportation of products. May prepare items for shipment.
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Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 74.91%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 11.94%
- Bachelor's Degree = 10.76%
- Some College Courses = 1.88%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 0.52%
Related Work Experience
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 39.05%
- None = 17.85%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 11.60%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 10.05%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 10.03%
- Up to and including 1 month = 6.55%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 4.23%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 0.64%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 24.32%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 17.59%
- Up to and including 1 month = 16.86%
- None = 16.37%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 9.39%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 8.79%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 6.69%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 45.17%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 15.87%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 14.72%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 10.20%
- None or short demonstration = 8.79%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 3.87%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 1.38%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Prepare documents, such as work orders, bills of lading, or shipping orders, to route materials.
- Record shipment data, such as weight, charges, space availability, damages, or discrepancies, for reporting, accounting, or recordkeeping purposes.
- Contact carrier representatives to make arrangements or to issue instructions for shipping and delivery of materials.
- Confer or correspond with establishment representatives to rectify problems, such as damages, shortages, or nonconformance to specifications.
- Requisition and store shipping materials and supplies to maintain inventory of stock.
- Compute amounts, such as space available, shipping, storage, or demurrage charges, using computer or price list.
- Examine shipment contents and compare with records, such as manifests, invoices, or orders, to verify accuracy.
- Pack, seal, label, or affix postage to prepare materials for shipping, using hand tools, power tools, or postage meter.
- Deliver or route materials to departments using handtruck, conveyor, or sorting bins.
- Determine shipping methods, routes, or rates for materials to be shipped.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Compare shipping routes or methods to determine which have the least environmental impact.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Bag tag printer (Barcode printers)
- Razor knives (Box cutters)
- Desktop computers
- Radio frequency identification devices (Fixed radio frequency identification device RFID readers)
- Forklifts
- Hand trucks or accessories (Hand trucks)
- Bar code reader equipment (Handheld bar code scanners)
- Radio frequency identification devices (Handheld scanners)
- Bar code reader equipment (High-speed/moving object scanning devices)
- Notebook computers
- Electronic toploading balances (Package scales)
- Form or fill or seal machinery (Pillow packing machines)
- Staple guns (Pneumatic box staplers)
- Franking or postage machines (Postage meters)
- Radio frequency identification devices (Radio frequency identification RFID devices)
- Box sealing tape dispensers (Reinforced tape dispensers)
- Packaging vacuum (Shrink wrap packaging vacuums)
- Form or fill or seal machinery (Taping machines)
Technologies Include:
- Compliance software
- Kewill Compliance Partner
- Data base user interface and query software
- MSR Visual Exporter
- Document management software
- MSR Visual Exporter Document Library
- Enterprise application integration software
- Electronic Data Interchange EDI systems
- MSR Visual Exporter Enterprise Integrator
- Internet browser software
- Web browser software
- Label making software
- Barcode labeling software
- Endicia Internet Postage
- Laser Substrates PostalXport
- Materials requirements planning logistics and supply chain software
- Accuship Star System
- ADi SmartBOL
- AES MailSTAR
- CMS Consultants WorldLink
- DM2 Bills of Lading Software
- Dydacomp Mail Order Manager
- eLading Bill of Lading Software
- FedEx Ship Manager
- Freight+ software
- Harvey software
- Kewill Clippership
- Kewill Javelin Distribution Ship
- Pitney Bowes ShipStream Manager
- Precision TRA/X
- Shipping and freight management software
- Universal Parcel Shipping UPS software
- UPS Intelliverse
- UPS WorldShip
- Varsity ShipSoft Supply Chain Execution Suite
- WindowBook Postal Package Partner
- Optical character reader OCR or scanning software
- Enterprise Systems RFID Data Management
- Procurement software
- Aestiva Purchase Order
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
61.00 | Administrative | Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology. |
53.50 | Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
52.00 | Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
51.00 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
50.75 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
49.75 | Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
56.25 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
53.00 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
53.00 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
50.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
50.00 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
50.00 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
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Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
68.75 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
56.25 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
56.25 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
56.25 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
53.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
53.00 | Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
50.00 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
50.00 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
50.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
50.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
50.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
50.00 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
50.00 | Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
50.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
50.00 | Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
50.00 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
82.50 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
80.50 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
71.75 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
71.75 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
70.75 | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |
66.75 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
64.75 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
61.75 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
59.75 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
58.75 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
58.25 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
58.00 | Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment | Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft. |
57.75 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
57.00 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
56.75 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
56.75 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
56.25 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
55.25 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
54.50 | Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others | Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. |
54.00 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
52.50 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
52.00 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
51.25 | Performing Administrative Activities | Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
83.75 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
80.50 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
77.25 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
72.75 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
71.50 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
67.00 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
66.25 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
66.00 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
64.75 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
62.50 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
62.00 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
59.50 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
57.75 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
56.25 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
55.75 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
54.50 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
72.17 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
55.50 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
97.20 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
96.60 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
91.40 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
91.00 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
89.60 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
89.00 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
88.80 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
87.40 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
87.40 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
85.20 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
83.80 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
82.80 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
81.40 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
80.40 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
79.20 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
70.80 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
69.60 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
67.20 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
66.40 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
65.40 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
65.00 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
64.00 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
61.60 | Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment | How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.) |
61.00 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
60.60 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
59.20 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
58.20 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
57.20 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
56.40 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
55.80 | Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures? |
55.40 | Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings? |
54.80 | Degree of Automation | How automated is the job? |
54.60 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
54.00 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
52.20 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
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Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include orderlies, counter and rental clerks, customer service representatives, security guards, upholsterers, tellers, and dental laboratory technicians.
- Education
- These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $28,970.00 | $37,760.00 | $46,050.00 |
Virginia | $28,080.00 | $36,300.00 | $45,090.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | $35,137.97 | $44,778.52 | $54,830.18 |
Bay Consortium | $31,943.04 | $39,932.93 | $47,940.39 |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $29,768.68 | $38,352.52 | $46,757.66 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $27,246.20 | $36,525.22 | $46,156.48 |
Crater Area | $28,736.76 | $39,468.11 | $47,757.55 |
Greater Peninsula | $28,607.64 | $38,650.01 | $45,789.78 |
Hampton Roads | $28,604.54 | $37,222.47 | $44,630.80 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $27,630.46 | $35,898.22 | $43,074.14 |
Northern Virginia | $31,024.75 | $35,822.81 | $45,185.50 |
Piedmont Workforce | $29,061.10 | $37,774.06 | $45,216.49 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | $27,680.04 | $33,910.82 | $39,508.39 |
Southwestern Virginia | $27,596.38 | $36,747.31 | $44,325.05 |
West Piedmont | $27,779.21 | $35,898.22 | $43,412.95 |
Western Virginia | $28,729.52 | $36,762.80 | $45,612.11 |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 814,300 | 757,200 | -7.0% |
Virginia | 15,696 | 15,887 | +1.2% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | 359 | 366 | +1.9% |
Bay Consortium | 436 | 427 | -2.1% |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | 4,070 | 4,328 | +6.3% |
Central VA/Region2000 | 477 | 482 | +1.0% |
Crater Area | 336 | 330 | -1.8% |
Greater Peninsula | 658 | 628 | -4.6% |
Hampton Roads | 1,880 | 1,822 | -3.1% |
New River/Mt. Rogers | 482 | 485 | +0.6% |
Northern Virginia | 3,407 | 3,478 | +2.1% |
Piedmont Workforce | 424 | 425 | +0.2% |
Shenandoah Valley | 1,171 | 1,173 | +0.2% |
South Central | 170 | 164 | -3.5% |
Southwestern Virginia | 121 | 108 | -10.7% |
West Piedmont | 497 | 473 | -4.8% |
Western Virginia | 1,104 | 1,093 | -1.0% |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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- Aviation Maintenance Records and Reports
- Medical Logistics
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- Supply Administration
- Transportation
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- Combat Engineer
- Aviation Ordnanceman
- Materiel Management
- Air Transportation
- Automated Logistical Specialist
- Unit Supply Specialist
- Logistics Specialist
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These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Titles
- Booking Clerk
- Break Out Man
- Break Out Worker
- Car Checker
- Clerk
- Cloth Booker
- Container Coordinator
- Dispatcher
- Disposition Clerk
- Distributing Clerk
- Dock Worker
- Express Clerk
- Fish Receiver
- Forwarder
- Freight Breaker
- Freight Clerk
- Freight Separator
- Fruit Express Agent
- Fruit Receiver
- Fuel Oil Clerk
- Fulfillment Mail Clerk
- Garment Sorter
- Grain Elevator Clerk
- Gun Repair Clerk
- Incoming Freight Clerk
- Industrial Order Clerk
- Loader Driver
- Logistics Coordinator
- Logistics Technician
- Material Control Associate
- Material Handler
- Material Processor
- Milk Receiver
- Order Fulfillment Specialist
- Package Sorter
- Paper Control Clerk
- Piggyback Clerk
- Print Traffic Manager
- Receiver
- Receiving Associate
- Receiving Clerk
- Receiving Coordinator
- Receiving Manager
- Reconsignment Clerk
- Return to Factory Clerk
- Route Delivery Clerk
- Routing Clerk
- Sheet Writer
- Ship Runner
- Shipper
- Shipper Receiver
- Shipping and Receiving Clerk
- Shipping and Receiving Supervisor
- Shipping Checker
- Shipping Clerk
- Shipping Coordinater
- Shipping Coordinator
- Shipping Manager
- Shipping Order Clerk
- Shipping Packer
- Shipping-Order Clerk
- Shipping/Receiving Clerk
- Sorter
- Sorter Pricer
- Station Baggage Agent
- Stock Receiver
- Store Receiver
- Store Receiving Clerk
- Switching Clerk
- Traffic Analyst
- Traffic Assistant
- Traffic Coordinator
- Traffic Manager
- Traffic Recorder
- Traffic Worker
- Transformer Stock Clerk
- Transportation Technician
- Truck Loader Driver
- Truckload Checker
- Vault Person
- Vault Worker
- Warehouse Clerk
- Warehouse Manager
- Warehouseman
- Warehousing Technician
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Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
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