Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
Tasks Include:
- Move controls to drive gasoline- or electric-powered trucks, cars, or tractors and transport materials between loading, processing, and storage areas.
- Move levers or controls that operate lifting devices, such as forklifts, lift beams with swivel-hooks, hoists, or elevating platforms, to load, unload, transport, or stack material.
- Position lifting devices under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, or boxes and secure material or products for transport to designated areas.
- Inspect product load for accuracy and safely move it around the warehouse or facility to ensure timely and complete delivery.
- Manually or mechanically load or unload materials from pallets, skids, platforms, cars, lifting devices, or other transport vehicles.
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: +20.2%
National: +7.1%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Moderately High ($36,000 - $49,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$41,230.00
State
$45,660.00
Regional
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
Description
Career Cluster: | Transportation, Distribution, & Logistics |
Operate industrial trucks or tractors equipped to move materials around a warehouse, storage yard, factory, construction site, or similar location.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 73.41%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 22.54%
- Some College Courses = 4.05%
Related Work Experience
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 44.05%
- None = 23.69%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 15.55%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 10.76%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 4.26%
- Up to and including 1 month = 1.68%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 46.34%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 24.46%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 18.66%
- Up to and including 1 month = 6.28%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 4.26%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 53.68%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 24.46%
- None or short demonstration = 10.60%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 4.98%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 4.93%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 1.35%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Move controls to drive gasoline- or electric-powered trucks, cars, or tractors and transport materials between loading, processing, and storage areas.
- Move levers or controls that operate lifting devices, such as forklifts, lift beams with swivel-hooks, hoists, or elevating platforms, to load, unload, transport, or stack material.
- Position lifting devices under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, or boxes and secure material or products for transport to designated areas.
- Inspect product load for accuracy and safely move it around the warehouse or facility to ensure timely and complete delivery.
- Manually or mechanically load or unload materials from pallets, skids, platforms, cars, lifting devices, or other transport vehicles.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Perform routine maintenance on vehicles or auxiliary equipment, such as cleaning, lubricating, recharging batteries, fueling, or replacing liquefied-gas tank.
- Weigh materials or products and record weight or other production data on tags or labels.
- Operate or tend automatic stacking, loading, packaging, or cutting machines.
- Signal workers to discharge, dump, or level materials.
- Hook tow trucks to trailer hitches and fasten attachments, such as graders, plows, rollers, or winch cables to tractors, using hitchpins.
- Turn valves and open chutes to dump, spray, or release materials from dump cars or storage bins into hoppers.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Wrapping machinery (Banding equipment)
- Belt conveyors
- Forklift or elevator accessories or supplies (Booms)
- Dock plates (Bridgeplates)
- Bulk transporters (Bulk liquid trucks)
- Forklifts (Cantilever trucks)
- Lifts (Combination vacuum lifts)
- Cargo handling equipment (Container reach stackers)
- Cargo handling equipment (Container top handlers)
- Lifts (Counterbalanced front/side loader lift trucks)
- Forklift or elevator accessories or supplies (Crane attachments)
- Dock ramps (Dockboards)
- Dollies
- Forklifts (Extended-reach forklifts)
- Flatbed trailers
- Grapples (Fork-grapples)
- Forklifts
- Forklifts (Forktrucks)
- Manlift or personnel lift (High-lift order picker trucks)
- Cargo trucks (Hustlers)
- Conventional truck cranes (Industrial crane trucks)
- Jacks
- Forklift or elevator accessories or supplies (Lift beams)
- Forklifts (Lift trucks)
- Forklift or elevator accessories or supplies (Lifting clamps)
- Forklift or elevator accessories or supplies (Metal dump hopper attachments)
- Hand trucks or accessories (Motorized hand trucks)
- Thin client computers (On-board computers for sending/receiving instructions)
- Hoists (Overhead hoists)
- Pallet trucks
- Personal computers
- Platform lift (Personnel and burden carriers)
- Platform lift (Platform lift trucks)
- Manlift or personnel lift (Reach rider trucks)
- Cargo handling equipment (Reach stackers)
- Lifts (Reach type outrigger trucks)
- Lifts (Rider trucks)
- Forklifts (Rough terrain forklifts)
- Forklift or elevator accessories or supplies (Scoops)
- Forklift or elevator accessories or supplies (Shovel attachments)
- Industrial shrink wrap equipment (Shrink wrap machines)
- Forklifts (Sliding boom forklifts)
- Snowplow attachments (Snowplows)
- Cargo handling equipment (Straddle carriers)
- Forklifts (Straight-mast forklifts)
- Swivel hooks
- Non temperature controlled tanker trailers (Tank trailers)
- Telescoping boom lift (Telescopic forklifts)
- Cargo trucks (Top loaders)
- Wheel chocks
Technologies Include:
- Inventory management software
- Argos Software ABECAS Insight WMS
- ATMS StockTrack PLUS
- BarControl Enterprise Manager iBEM
- IntelliTrack Warehouse Management System WMS
- Lilly Software Associates VISUAL DCMS
- Midland Information Systems inventory management software
- Motek Priya
- RedPrairie DLx Warehouse
- SAP warehouse management software
- Materials requirements planning logistics and supply chain software
- Aldata G.O.L.D. software
- SSA Global Supply Chain Management
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
Special Requirements
For More Information, Contact:
Virginia Department Of Motor Vehicles
P.O. Box 27412
Richmond, VA 23269
Phone: 866.368.5463
TTY: 800.272.9268
Fax: 804.367.6631
http://www.dmv.state.va.us/
The data sources for the information displayed here include: Virginia Career VIEW Research. (Using onet28)
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
Additional Resources
Information on safety and training requirements is available from:
U.S. Department of Labor
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
200 Constitution Ave. NW.
Washington, D.C. 20210
http://www.osha.gov
Information on industrial truck and tractor operators is available from:
Industrial Truck Association
1750 K St. NW.
Suite 460
Washington, DC 20006
Specialized Carriers and Rigging Association
2750 Prosperity Ave.
Suite 620
Fairfax, VA 22301
The data sources for the information displayed here include: Virginia Career VIEW Research. (Using onet28)
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
50.25 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
72.00 | Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
56.25 | Operations Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
50.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
50.00 | Equipment Maintenance | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. |
50.00 | Troubleshooting | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
50.00 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
75.00 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
72.00 | Multilimb Coordination | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. |
68.75 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
65.50 | Response Orientation | The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part. |
62.50 | 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. |
59.50 | Rate Control | The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene. |
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 | Depth Perception | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. |
56.25 | Reaction Time | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. |
53.00 | Auditory Attention | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. |
53.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
53.00 | 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 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
53.00 | Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing. |
53.00 | Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
53.00 | 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. |
53.00 | Spatial Orientation | The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you. |
53.00 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
53.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
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 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
50.00 | Peripheral Vision | The ability to see objects or movement of objects to one's side when the eyes are looking ahead. |
50.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
50.00 | Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
88.25 | Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment | Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft. |
86.00 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
85.00 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
79.75 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
78.50 | 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. |
76.25 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
74.75 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
70.75 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
69.25 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
68.75 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
67.75 | 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. |
67.50 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
66.00 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
63.25 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
61.50 | Coaching and Developing Others | Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills. |
60.00 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
59.25 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
57.00 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
57.00 | Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment | Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles. |
57.00 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
56.75 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
56.25 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
56.00 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
53.25 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
53.00 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
52.25 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
52.25 | Selling or Influencing Others | Convincing others to buy merchandise/goods or to otherwise change their minds or actions. |
51.00 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
85.00 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
82.75 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
82.50 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
77.75 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
75.25 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
71.00 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
69.75 | 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. |
68.25 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
67.75 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
65.25 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
64.75 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
63.00 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
58.75 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
57.00 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
53.00 | 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)
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
55.50 | 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)
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
100.00 | 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? |
94.20 | 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? |
93.00 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
89.80 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
88.60 | 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? |
88.40 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
88.00 | In an Open Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in an open vehicle or equipment (e.g., tractor)? |
85.40 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
85.20 | 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? |
84.20 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
84.00 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
84.00 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
83.60 | 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? |
83.20 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
81.60 | 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? |
80.80 | 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? |
79.60 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
78.80 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
73.80 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
73.60 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
72.80 | 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.) |
72.60 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
71.80 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
71.00 | Outdoors, Exposed to Weather | How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions? |
70.00 | 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? |
68.20 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
65.80 | Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment? |
63.80 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
62.20 | Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings? |
59.40 | 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? |
59.20 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
59.20 | Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions | How often does this job require working in cramped work spaces that requires getting into awkward positions? |
55.80 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
54.40 | Wear Specialized Protective or Safety Equipment such as Breathing Apparatus, Safety Harness, Full Protection Suits, or Radiation Protection | How much does this job require wearing specialized protective or safety equipment such as breathing apparatus, safety harness, full protection suits, or radiation protection? |
53.20 | Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance | How much does this job require keeping or regaining your balance? |
52.60 | Outdoors, Under Cover | How often does this job require working outdoors, under cover (e.g., structure with roof but no walls)? |
51.20 | 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? |
49.60 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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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.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $32,040.00 | $41,230.00 | $47,780.00 |
Virginia | $31,060.00 | $45,660.00 | $49,130.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | $39,156.38 | $50,210.57 | $63,569.67 |
Bay Consortium | $32,722.41 | $40,312.47 | $48,133.55 |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $37,902.46 | $48,418.67 | $53,010.80 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $31,507.00 | $46,688.17 | $49,766.24 |
Crater Area | $41,072.10 | $49,306.30 | $50,991.01 |
Greater Peninsula | $39,302.06 | $51,806.83 | $51,563.34 |
Hampton Roads | $33,171.94 | $41,667.32 | $47,568.51 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $30,687.01 | $40,012.78 | $43,719.37 |
Northern Virginia | $38,447.73 | $50,278.21 | $59,303.25 |
Piedmont Workforce | $36,994.03 | $52,575.83 | $52,704.86 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | $30,515.31 | $39,889.99 | $45,779.73 |
Southwestern Virginia | $27,733.82 | $36,628.78 | $43,445.69 |
West Piedmont | $29,809.79 | $36,966.97 | $40,755.76 |
Western Virginia | $32,873.29 | $40,241.71 | $45,644.46 |
* 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)
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 767,400 | 821,600 | +7.1% |
Virginia | 15,123 | 18,171 | +20.2% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | 360 | 407 | +13.1% |
Bay Consortium | 388 | 437 | +12.6% |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | 2,209 | 2,634 | +19.2% |
Central VA/Region2000 | 448 | 434 | -3.1% |
Crater Area | 176 | 176 | +0.0% |
Greater Peninsula | 1,073 | 1,319 | +22.9% |
Hampton Roads | 1,863 | 2,114 | +13.5% |
New River/Mt. Rogers | 294 | 313 | +6.5% |
Northern Virginia | 640 | 752 | +17.5% |
Piedmont Workforce | 930 | 1,068 | +14.8% |
Shenandoah Valley | 3,474 | 4,323 | +24.4% |
South Central | 972 | 1,033 | +6.3% |
Southwestern Virginia | 141 | 133 | -5.7% |
West Piedmont | 726 | 1,074 | +47.9% |
Western Virginia | 993 | 1,119 | +12.7% |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
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- Commercial Pilots
- Couriers and Messengers
- First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand
- First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators
- First-Line Supervisors of Passenger Attendants
- First-Line Supervisors of Transportation Workers, All Other
- Flight Attendants
- Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Light Truck Drivers
- Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining
- Locomotive Engineers
- Material Moving Workers, All Other
- Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other
- Motorboat Operators
- Packers and Packagers, Hand
- Passenger Attendants
- Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers
- Rail Transportation Workers, All Other
- Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers
- Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators and Locomotive Firers
- Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters
- Recycling Coordinators
- Sailors and Marine Oilers
- Ship Engineers
- Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs
- Subway and Streetcar Operators
- Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders
- Taxi Drivers
- Transportation Workers, All Other
- Wellhead Pumpers
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Military Training
The following military job classifications are available for this occupation:
- Aircraft Launch Equipment
- Motor Vehicle Operators
- Munitions Systems
- Horizontal Construction Engineer
- Combat Engineer
- Aviation Ordnanceman
- Aircraft Armament Systems
- Air Transportation
- Aviation Boatswain's Mate, Aircraft Handling
The data sources for the information displayed here include: Defense Manpower Data Center. (Using onet28)
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Proficiency Ratings
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
- Carrier Driver
- Carry All Driver
- Cat Driver
- Cat Operator
- Cat Skinner
- Cat Tender
- Caterpillar Driver
- Caterpillar Operator
- Caterpillar Tractor Operator
- Charging Car Operator
- Checker Loader
- Clark Driver
- Diesel Tractor Operator
- Dolly Driver
- Drier Transfer Car Operator
- Electric Car Operator
- Electric Dolly Operator
- Electric Lift Truck Driver
- Electric Mule Driver
- Electric Mule Operator
- Electric Truck Driver
- Electric Truck Operator
- Electric Trucker
- Euclid Operator
- Finger Lift Operator
- Fork Lift Driver
- Fork Lift Operator
- Fork Lift Technician
- Fork Operator
- Fork Truck Driver
- Forklift Driver
- Forklift Operator
- Forklift Truck Operator
- Front End Loader Operator
- Front-End Loader Operator
- Gate Keeper
- Hauler
- Heavy Machinery Operator
- Hi Lift Operator
- Hi Lo Driver
- Hi Low Truck Driver
- Hi Ranger Operator
- High Lift Driver
- High Lift Mule Operator
- High Lift Operator
- Hot Car Operator
- Hydraulic Lift Driver
- Hydraulic Lift Operator (Hy Lift Operator)
- Hyster Driver
- Hyster Machine Operator
- Industrial Tractor Driver
- Industrial Truck Driver
- Industrial Truck Operator
- Inside Trucker
- Jitney Driver
- Jitney Driver (Logistics)
- Jitterbug Operator
- Kiln Transfer Operator
- Larry Operator
- Lead Handler
- Lead Loader
- Lift Driver
- Lift Truck Operator
- Lifter Driver
- Log Carrier Operator
- Lumber Carrier Operator
- Marsh Buggy Operator
- Material Handler
- Mold Car Pusher
- Mule Operator
- Package Lift Operator
- Parts Attendant
- Plowing Gardens
- Power Mule Operator
- Power Truck Driver
- Quencher Operator
- Quenching Car Operator
- Reach-Lift Truck Driver
- Replenisher
- Ross Carrier Driver
- Ross Lift Operator
- Shag Truck Driver
- Shipper
- Shipping Office Forklift Operator
- Shipping Operator
- Shipping Receiving Warehouse Worker
- Skidder Driver
- Skidder Lever Operator
- Skidder Loader
- Skidder Operator
- Skidder Runner
- Skip Load Driver
- Skip Operator
- Snaker, Tractor Driver
- Spotter Driver
- Stacker Driver
- Stacker Operator
- Storekeeper
- Straddle Bug
- Straddle Bug Driver
- Straddle Bug Operator
- Straddle Carrier Operator
- Straddle Truck Driver
- Straddle Truck Operator
- Tier Lift Operator
- Tier Truck Driver
- Tow Driver
- Tow Motor Driver
- Tow Motor Operator
- Tractor Driver
- Tractor Driver Teamster
- Tractor Operator
- Transfer Car Operator
- Travelift Operator
- Truck Driver
- Uke Driver
- Uke Operator
- Unloader Operator
- Warehouse Driver
- Warehouse Person
- Warehouse Technician
- Warehouse Worker
- Warehouser
- Waste Transportation Technician
- Wheel Loader Operator
- Yard Jockey
- Yard Worker
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Related Schools
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