Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators operate industrial trucks or tractors equipped to move materials around a warehouse, storage yard, factory, construction site, or similar location.
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- Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics
What do they typically do
- Weigh materials or products and record weight or other production data on tags or labels
- Move levers or controls that operate lifting devices like forklifts, hoists, or elevating platforms to load, unload, transport, or stack material
- Operate or tend automatic stacking, loading, packaging, or cutting machines
- Position lifting devices under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, or boxes, and secure material or products for transport to designated areas
- Move controls to drive gasoline- or electric-powered trucks, cars, or tractors and transport materials between loading, processing, and storage areas
- Manually or mechanically load or unload materials from pallets, skids, platforms, cars, lifting devices, or other transport vehicles
- Perform routine maintenance on vehicles or auxiliary equipment, such as cleaning, lubricating, recharging batteries, fueling, or replacing liquefied-gas tank
- Inspect product load for accuracy and safely move it around the warehouse or facility to ensure timely and complete delivery
Number of Jobs
Average Annual
Job Growth +0.7%
Job Openings 2,395
Industry/Employer
Animal Slaughtering and Processing
Apparel/Piece Goods Merchant Wholesalers
Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing
Beverage Manufacturing
Building Foundation/Exterior Contractors
Building Material and Supplies Dealers
Converted Paper Product Manufacturing
Employment Services
Fabric Mills
Fiber, Yarn, and Thread Mills
Fruit, Vegetable, & Specialty Foods Mfg
Furniture and Home Furnishings Retailers
Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction
Management of Companies and Enterprises
Motor Vehicle Body and Trailer Mfg
Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing
Motor Vehicle/Part Merchant Wholesalers
Other Electrical Equipment & Components
Other Food Manufacturing
Other Support Activities for Transport
Other Textile Product Mills
Other Wood Product Manufacturing
Pharmaceutical & Medicine Manufacturing
Plastics Product Manufacturing
Printing and Related Support Activities
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills
Rubber Product Manufacturing
Sawmills and Wood Preservation
Services to Buildings and Dwellings
Support Activities for Crop Production
Textile Furnishings Mills
Tobacco Manufacturing
Veneer and Engineered Wood Products
Warehousing and Storage
Education & Training
- Education These occupations usually require a high school diploma.Associated Programs or MajorsLicense
NC Workforce Credentials
Private Training Programs
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