Career
Freight & Furniture Handlers
Manufacturing, Transport & Logistics
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Career stats
Weekly pay
$1,266
Prospects
Low
Employed in Australia
10,600
Growth
Relatively steady
Ideal for
Overview
Freight and Furniture Handlers load and unload trucks, containers and rail cars, and transfer cargo between ships and other forms of transport and storage facilities.
Job Titles
Job Tasks
This occupation may include associated occupations with varying tasks.
- labelling goods with customers' details and destinations
- loading goods into trucks containers and rail wagons and securing loads
- assisting to tie down loads and cover them with tarpaulins
- performing clerical functions to record and check cargo on arrival storage and despatch
- opening and closing hatches and securing cargo to prevent shifting during voyages
- transferring loads using moving equipment and directing equipment operations using communication systems
- stacking cargo on pallets trays flats and slings to facilitate transfer to and from ships
Training & Qualifications
Vocational education & training (VET)
- Certificate II or III in Transport and Logisitcs (rail operations) road transport (freight handler) warehousing operations driving operations or stevedoring
Short Courses Available
- Certificate II in Maritime Operations (Linesperson)
- Certificate II in Road Transport Terminal Operations
- Certificate II in Stevedoring
- Certificate IV in Stevedoring Operations
Industry
Manufacturing, Transport & Logistics
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