Loader Job Description
Loader
provides leadership and safe practices in all job tasks by maintaining responsibility for safety and environmental compliance.
Loader Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective loader job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included loader job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Complete, check and return all paperwork required in undertaking these duties
The Loader will be responsible for loading trucks
Responsible for using overhead crane and forklifts
Responsible for order set verification
Loading product onto flatbed trucks according to job number assigned
Responsible for off-loading flatbed trucks as needed
Requires daily use of overhead crane in conjunction with moving product
Forklift and yard truck usage necessary
Loaders will move and drop beams using the overhead crane
Must be able to use a scanner to scan for inventory purposes
Loader Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Loader
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: DOT, NCRC, CPR, EPA, OSHA, CDL
Education for Loader
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the loader job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as High School and Associate Degree in Business, General Education, Education, Associates, High School Education, Industrial, Manufacturing, Graduate, Computer Science, Communications
Skills for Loader
Desired skills for loader include:
Vehicle makes/models
Company Rules and Regulations
EPA
Lockout/tagout procedure during certain procedures
Regulatory agencies
DOT
TNRCC
Assures facility compliance with OSHA
ADS products
Local shipping regulations
Desired experience for loader includes:
Knowledge of pressure control devices, valves
This facility also has a Marine Vessel loading and unloading activities
Responsible for all other duties within the department as assigned by the Team Leader
Safely work in a fast paced environment
Maintain a positive attitude and support the morale of your team members
Move packages, up to 70lbs in weight, safely from floor to trailer in a timely manner in order to meet delivery deadlines
Loader Examples
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of loader. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for loader
- Hand painting for touch up work, required
- Will be able to lift up to 50 lbs
- Will be able to work quickly and effectively
- Loading custom products (must be detail oriented)
- Secures and loads of customer orders onto trailers
- Solves receiving problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations where a high degree of standardization exists
- Operates various forklift equipment to transport product
- Loads Pallets on motorized pallet jack and onto the trailers
- Operates computer to gather and store order and productivity information
- Change batteries on forklift equipment using mechanical or automated devices
Qualifications for loader
- Ability to walk, bend and lift up to 70lbs
- Exposed to warehouse conditions, cold/heat, and noise
- Stabilizes product by placing shrink wrap around pallet
- Participate in warehouse inventory process
- Must pass a background check and drug screen
- Verifying product
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Our growing company is looking for a loader. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for loader
- Package, crate and load items to ensure safe arrivaland capacity loading
- Package parts using all types of crating and packaging materials, metal bands, covering, or other methods to secure and protect parts in shipment
- Must be able to operate a forklift and other lifting equipment
- Responsible for all lifts, checking loads for accuracy and completion
- Must expedite completion of work to meet production schedules
- Must assipst with inventory counts are required
- Other duties within the department assigned by the supervisor, as needed
- There are times when product has to be off loaded
- Daily use of overhead crane in conjunction with moving product
- Other duties within the department as assigned by the Team Leader/Supervisor
Qualifications for loader
- Must be physically qualified, including but not limited to, the ability to lift, carry, push, grip, pull or drag hoses and equipment of up to 80 pounds in weight and climb heights up to 80 feet
- Must stand, with harness, on top of flatbed trucks, tarp and tie down material to truck safely
- Applies all labels to panel bundles and tapes down bundles for non-tarp load travel
- Assists Loader in stabilizing bundles placed on truck for safest travel
- Takes pictures of all outbound loads according to guidelines set by Shipping Supervisor or designee
- Assist in lifting, positioning, and securing of materials or work pieces during instillation
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Our company is hiring for a loader. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for loader
- Must assist with inventory counts are required
- Carrying Rolls and Loading them onto Trucks
- Loading and Unloading product onto flatbed trucks according to job number assigned
- Hand painting for touch up work
- Responsible for other duties within the department as assigned by the Team Leader
- Ability to understand and follow internal and external policies and procedures and recognize out of compliance conditions and implement corrective action
- Ability to monitor and maintain equipment in a manner that will allow for safe, efficient operations 24/7
- Support Inbound/Outbound Operations
- Breakdown and Put Away Duties
- Moving Furniture with Dollies
Qualifications for loader
- Minimum one (1) year forklift experience required
- Crane experience a plus
- Must have prior experience with a RF Scanner and pallet jack
- Must be comfortable working in a physically demanding environment
- Must be comfortable working in a fast paced manufacturing or distribution environment
- Must be willing to submit to drug screening and background check
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Our innovative and growing company is looking for a loader. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for loader
- Food safety (previous food service industry experience a plus)
- Inventory of products
- Responsible for inventory management of parts and components for the assembly line
- Ensure that proper stock (parts and equipment) are accessible to the assembly line and rotated in accordance with FIFO (First In - First Out) methods
- Maintain Standardized Work by following area routes exactly as laid out and in the order indicated
- Record lot numbers in accordance with Quality Assurance specifications
- Ensure purchase parts are kept in order
- Responsible to remove bins and keep aisles around production line clear at all times
- Assist in and delivery of materials required for line change overs
- Remove scrap and empty bins with Team Leader approval
Qualifications for loader
- Able to lift 30-50 Lbs through out shift
- Assist in receiving cargo by removing from truck by hand, or using manual equipment such as hand truck or pallet jack or similar manual hand tools
- Ability to understand and follow safety guidelines
- Ability to walk, lift and carry up to 70 pounds
- Ability to work weekends, holidays and mandatory overtime as required
- Must be able to communicate and comprehend clearly, verbally and in writing
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Our growing company is looking for a loader. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for loader
- Any other reasonable request made by your Team Leader, Supervisor and/or Manager.Must adhere to all MAFACT requirements
- Responsible for loading trucks
- This role serves as a loader and unloader of various materials at the Princeton refinery
- This role works 12 hour rotating shifts from 6 to 6
- New hires as of November 1, 2017 are also required to be part of the site’s Fire Brigade/Hazmat Team
- The Loading position is the typical entry level position on site that typically leads to other future opportunities in other departments such as Operations, Lab and Maintenance and even supervisory roles depending on a person’s capabilities
- Calumet employees will be conducting inspections/shipping activities at the plant site
- Employees inspect loading hoses and connections and confirms they are in place and secured for loading/unloading
- Employees will be responsible for making sure the tank car is loaded to the proper level to prevent overfilling and to make sure the car is not overweight for shipment
- When the loading is completed a sample will is pulled and taken to the lab for testing
Qualifications for loader
- Must be able to understand and comply with the Verification Policy, when applicable
- Must have experience using hand tools
- Comfortable with working around a moving sorter/conveyor
- Must have at least 6 months loading/unloading experience
- Must be able to bend, stoop, twist and lift up to 50lbs
- Must be comfortable standing for entire duration of shift