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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.

Other names for Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators: 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, 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, 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,

What do Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators do?

  • Move controls to drive gasoline- or electric-powered trucks, cars, or tractors and transport materials between loading, processing, and storage areas.
  • Move levers and controls that operate lifting devices, such as forklifts, lift beams and swivel-hooks, hoists, and elevating platforms, to load, unload, transport, and stack material.
  • Position lifting devices under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, and boxes, and secure material or products for transport to designated areas.
  • Manually load or unload materials onto or off pallets, skids, platforms, cars, or lifting devices.
  • Perform routine maintenance on vehicles and auxiliary equipment, such as cleaning, lubricating, recharging batteries, fueling, or replacing liquefied-gas tank.
  • Weigh materials or products, and record weight and 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, and 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.

Do you enjoy these?

  • Wrapping machinery
  • Belt conveyors
  • Forklift or elevator accessories or supplies
  • Dock plates
  • Bulk transporters
  • Forklifts
  • Lifts
  • Cargo handling equipment
  • Cargo handling equipment
  • Lifts
  • Forklift or elevator accessories or supplies
  • Dock ramps
  • Dollies
  • Forklifts
  • Flatbed trailers
  • Grapples
  • Forklifts
  • Forklifts
  • Manlift or personnel lift
  • Cargo trucks
  • Conventional truck cranes
  • Jacks
  • Forklift or elevator accessories or supplies
  • Forklifts
  • Forklift or elevator accessories or supplies
  • Forklift or elevator accessories or supplies
  • Hand trucks or accessories
  • Thin client computers
  • Hoists
  • Pallet trucks
  • Personal computers
  • Platform lift
  • Platform lift
  • Manlift or personnel lift
  • Cargo handling equipment
  • Lifts
  • Lifts
  • Forklifts
  • Forklift or elevator accessories or supplies
  • Forklift or elevator accessories or supplies
  • Wrapping machinery
  • Forklifts
  • Snowplow attachments
  • Cargo handling equipment
  • Forklifts
  • Swivel hooks
  • Non temperature controlled tanker trailers
  • Telescoping boom lift
  • Cargo trucks
  • Wheel chocks

Technology used

  • Materials requirements planning logistics and supply chain software
  • Inventory management software