NKPD code: 9333
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. Freight handlers perform the following main tasks: • 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) Excludes: – Operator, crane and handling equipment – 8343 – Driver (operator), open platform with lifting device – 8344 – Porter, luggage – 9621 – Porter (hotel) – 9621