Jobs / Transportation and material moving / 53-7064.00
Packers and Packagers, Hand
Pack or package by hand a wide variety of products and materials.
- US jobs
- 559,820
- Median wage
- $36,280 a year
- Job family
- Transportation and material moving
Can agents do the work of packers and packagers, hand?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Transportation and material moving: Unmeasured (no change in 12 months)
No direct benchmark gives a success rate.
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 17%Set up equipmentNot measured
- 12%Move materials, equipment, or suppliesNot measured
- 12%Load products, materials, or equipment for transportation or further processingNot measured
- 11%Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipmentNot measured
- 10%Mark materials or objects for identificationNot measured
- 9%Maintain operational recordsNot measured
- 8%Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areasNot measured
- 6%Monitor operations to ensure adequate performanceNot measured
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in transportation and material moving, not always this occupation's tasks.
Direct evidence
Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.
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These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Examine and inspect containers, materials, or products to ensure that product quality and packing specifications are met.
- Measure, weigh, and count products and materials.
- Record product, packaging, and order information on specified forms and records.
- Seal containers or materials, using glues, fasteners, nails, and hand tools.
- Assemble, line, and pad cartons, crates, and containers, using hand tools.
- Obtain, move, and sort products, materials, containers, and orders, using hand tools.
- Mark and label containers, container tags, or products, using marking tools.
- Clean containers, materials, supplies, or work areas, using cleaning solutions and hand tools.
- Remove completed or defective products or materials, placing them on moving equipment, such as conveyors, or in specified areas, such as loading docks.
- Place or pour products or materials into containers, using hand tools and equipment, or fill containers from spouts or chutes.
- Load materials and products into package processing equipment.
- Transport packages to customers' vehicles.
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