Stockers and Order Fillers
Tasks Include:
- Complete order receipts.
- Obtain merchandise from bins or shelves.
- Read orders to ascertain catalog numbers, sizes, colors, and quantities of merchandise.
- Pack and unpack items to be stocked on shelves in stockrooms, warehouses, or storage yards.
- Store items in an orderly and accessible manner in warehouses, tool rooms, supply rooms, or other areas.
- Examine and inspect stock items for wear or defects, reporting any damage to supervisors.
- Answer customers' questions about merchandise and advise customers on merchandise selection.
- Receive and count stock items, and record data manually or on computer.
- Stamp, attach, or change price tags on merchandise, referring to price list.
- Stock shelves, racks, cases, bins, and tables with new or transferred merchandise.
- Mark stock items, using identification tags, stamps, electric marking tools, or other labeling equipment.
- Take inventory or examine merchandise to identify items to be reordered or replenished.
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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: No Data
National: +6.4%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Mid Range ($28,000 - $35,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$34,220.00
State
$31,870.00
Regional
Stockers and Order Fillers
Description
Career Cluster: | Business, Management & Administration |
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.
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Stockers and Order Fillers
Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 56.56%
- Some College Courses = 29.59%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 7.79%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 3.68%
- 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) = 2.09%
- Bachelor's Degree = 0.29%
Related Work Experience
- None = 29.42%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 24.39%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 19.53%
- Up to and including 1 month = 9.67%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 7.01%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 6.46%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 2.40%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 0.95%
- Over 10 years = 0.17%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Up to and including 1 month = 52.41%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 28.34%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 9.06%
- None = 7.23%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 1.84%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 0.87%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 0.17%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 0.07%
On-the-Job Training
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 36.19%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 25.14%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 15.53%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 14.79%
- None or short demonstration = 6.42%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 1.50%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 0.36%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 0.07%
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Stockers and Order Fillers
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Complete order receipts.
- Obtain merchandise from bins or shelves.
- Read orders to ascertain catalog numbers, sizes, colors, and quantities of merchandise.
- Pack and unpack items to be stocked on shelves in stockrooms, warehouses, or storage yards.
- Store items in an orderly and accessible manner in warehouses, tool rooms, supply rooms, or other areas.
- Examine and inspect stock items for wear or defects, reporting any damage to supervisors.
- Answer customers' questions about merchandise and advise customers on merchandise selection.
- Receive and count stock items, and record data manually or on computer.
- Stamp, attach, or change price tags on merchandise, referring to price list.
- Stock shelves, racks, cases, bins, and tables with new or transferred merchandise.
- Mark stock items, using identification tags, stamps, electric marking tools, or other labeling equipment.
- Take inventory or examine merchandise to identify items to be reordered or replenished.
- Issue or distribute materials, products, parts, and supplies to customers or coworkers, based on information from incoming requisitions.
- Provide assistance or direction to other stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard workers.
- Clean display cases, shelves, and aisles.
- Design and set up advertising signs and displays of merchandise on shelves, counters, or tables to attract customers and promote sales.
- Pack customer purchases in bags or cartons.
- Dispose of damaged or defective items, or return them to vendors.
- Clean and maintain supplies, tools, equipment, and storage areas to ensure compliance with safety regulations.
- Recommend disposal of excess, defective, or obsolete stock.
- Keep records on the use or damage of stock or stock-handling equipment.
- Keep records of out-going orders.
- Determine proper storage methods, identification, and stock location, based on turnover, environmental factors, and physical capabilities of facilities.
- Operate equipment such as forklifts.
- Receive, unload, open, unpack, or issue sales floor merchandise.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Compare merchandise invoices to items actually received to ensure that shipments are correct.
- Itemize and total customer merchandise selection at checkout counter, using cash register, and accept cash or charge card for purchases.
- Transport packages to customers' vehicles.
- Compute prices of items or groups of items.
- Requisition merchandise from supplier, based on available space, merchandise on hand, customer demand, or advertised specials.
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Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
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55.50 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
52.50 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
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Skills
% | Subject | Description |
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56.25 | 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 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
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Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
65.50 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
59.50 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
56.25 | 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 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
53.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
53.00 | Extent Flexibility | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
53.00 | 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. |
53.00 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
50.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
50.00 | 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 | 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). |
50.00 | 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. |
50.00 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
50.00 | Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
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Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
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70.75 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
70.25 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
69.75 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
68.25 | 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. |
61.00 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
59.75 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
58.00 | Performing for or Working Directly with the Public | Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. |
57.75 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
53.00 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
51.25 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
50.75 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
50.00 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
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Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
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81.00 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
77.75 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
76.75 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
74.00 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
65.75 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
65.50 | 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. |
64.00 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
63.25 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
63.00 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
59.00 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
56.50 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
54.00 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
54.00 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
53.00 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
52.75 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
51.75 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
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Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
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58.33 | 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. |
54.17 | 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. |
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Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
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97.40 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
90.00 | 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? |
86.40 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
83.60 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
81.80 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
79.20 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
78.00 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
77.80 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
77.00 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
76.80 | 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? |
73.60 | 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? |
69.60 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
69.20 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
68.80 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
68.40 | 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? |
68.00 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
67.40 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
67.40 | 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? |
66.80 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
66.20 | 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? |
61.20 | 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? |
56.20 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
56.00 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
55.20 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
52.00 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
50.00 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
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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 | $25,680.00 | $34,220.00 | $38,810.00 |
Virginia | $24,590.00 | $31,870.00 | $38,680.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | $30,594.40 | $37,283.31 | $46,417.62 |
Bay Consortium | $28,516.34 | $33,610.03 | $39,933.70 |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $27,863.89 | $37,154.28 | $43,201.15 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $25,105.28 | $30,083.47 | $34,752.60 |
Crater Area | $28,872.22 | $39,414.44 | $43,847.36 |
Greater Peninsula | $26,062.63 | $30,795.23 | $37,087.68 |
Hampton Roads | $26,825.38 | $31,621.46 | $37,756.78 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $25,076.15 | $30,630.82 | $35,210.46 |
Northern Virginia | $29,654.75 | $36,612.13 | $42,941.00 |
Piedmont Workforce | $27,639.12 | $34,520.55 | $42,324.97 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | $25,352.94 | $30,135.50 | $35,458.12 |
Southwestern Virginia | $24,920.06 | $29,073.06 | $33,266.63 |
West Piedmont | $25,920.07 | $30,205.22 | $35,090.79 |
Western Virginia | $25,706.75 | $31,352.99 | $37,143.87 |
* 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 | 2,472,700 | 2,630,600 | +6.4% |
Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (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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