Package Handler (Warehouse)
- Dartmouth, NS, Canada
Full-time
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Original job description
Role & Responsibilities
The position involves physically handling parcels through loading, unloading, and manual sorting, ensuring safety and efficiency. Tasks include lifting, pushing, pulling, transporting, and placing packages across various zones and stations such as scanning, weighing, quality assurance, and palletizing. The role may require training others in handling techniques, verifying air-restricted shipments, and following safety standards. Key duties also include operating equipment like conveyor systems, scanners, and carts, and performing continuous repetitive movements. Additional responsibilities involve instructing new team members, maintaining safety protocols, and supporting process improvements.
Qualifications & Skills
No prior experience is required, but familiarity with handling equipment, ability to follow safety instructions, and basic reading skills are essential. Candidates must possess a valid driver’s license if operating vehicles and demonstrate good communication and teamwork skills. Specialized training or experience is preferred for certain roles, including certification for equipment use or air shipment procedures. Ability to lift between 5-50 pounds and work in noisy or temperature-variable environments is necessary.
Key Duties
The position involves physically handling parcels through loading, unloading, and manual sorting, ensuring safety and efficiency. Tasks include lifting, pushing, pulling, transporting, and placing packages across various zones and stations such as scanning, weighing, quality assurance, and palletizing. The role may require training others in handling techniques, verifying air-restricted shipments, and following safety standards. Key duties also include operating equipment like conveyor systems, scanners, and carts, and performing continuous repetitive movements. Additional responsibilities involve instructing new team members, maintaining safety protocols, and supporting process improvements.
Qualifications & Skills
No prior experience is required, but familiarity with handling equipment, ability to follow safety instructions, and basic reading skills are essential. Candidates must possess a valid driver’s license if operating vehicles and demonstrate good communication and teamwork skills. Specialized training or experience is preferred for certain roles, including certification for equipment use or air shipment procedures. Ability to lift between 5-50 pounds and work in noisy or temperature-variable environments is necessary.
Key Duties
- Ensure safe parcel handling using proper techniques.
- Operate loading/unloading equipment and conveyor systems.
- Train and support other team members in handling processes.
- Inspect, scan, and sort parcels accurately.
- Maintain safety and operational standards.
- Support process improvements and procedural updates.
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Responsibilities
Handle, load, unload, inspect, scan, sort, and transport parcels using appropriate equipment and safe techniques. Support team training, maintain operational and safety standards, and contribute to process improvements.
Requirements
No prior experience is required; candidates need basic reading skills, the ability to follow safety instructions, and good communication and teamwork skills. The role requires the ability to lift 5–50 pounds and work in noisy or temperature-variable environments; a valid driver’s license is needed if operating vehicles, while specialized equipment or air-shipment training is preferred for certain roles.
Skills
- Parcel Handling
- Loading And Unloading
- Manual Sorting
- Safe Lifting Techniques
- Conveyor System Operation
- Scanner Operation
- Equipment Operation
- Parcel Inspection
- Scanning And Weighing
- Palletizing
- Safety Protocols
- Team Training
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Air Shipment Procedures
- Process Improvement
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Categories
- Logistics
- Transportation
- Security & Safety
Keywords
- Parcel Handling
- Warehouse
- Loading
- Unloading
- Manual Sorting
- Lifting
- Pushing
- Pulling
- Parcel Transport
- Scanning
- Weighing
- Quality Assurance
- Palletizing
- Conveyor Systems
- Scanners
- Carts
- Air-Restricted Shipments
- Safety Standards
- Equipment Operation
- Team Training
- Process Improvement
- Driver’s License
- Basic Reading Skills
- Communication
- Teamwork