Worker, conveyor belt

Freight handlers pack, carry, load or unload furniture and other household goods, load or unload ships, aircraft and other vehicles, and carry and stack goods in various warehouses.

• packing office or household furniture, machinery, articles or other goods for transport;
• carrying goods for loading or unloading trucks, railway wagons, ships or aircraft;
• loading and unloading grain, coal, sand, luggage and other goods using conveyor belts, pipes and other conveying equipment;
• connecting flexible hoses between port installations and the tanks of barges, tankers and other cargo vessels for loading and unloading oil, liquefied gases and other liquids;
• carrying and stacking goods in warehouses and other premises;
• sorting goods before loading and unloading.
• Examples of occupations in this unit group:
• Loader
• Porter-loader, goods
• Carrier (by hand)
• Dock worker (stevedore)