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Packers and Packagers, Hand - 53-7064.00

O*NET-SOC Description

Pack or package by hand a wide variety of products and materials.

Sample of Reported Job Titles

  • Packer
  • Bagger
  • Mini Shifter
  • Pack Out Operator
  • Packager
  • Shipping Clerk
  • Consolidator
  • Kit Assembler
  • Package Maker
  • Utility Bagger

SOC Occupation Groups

Related Occupations

Tasks

  • Assemble, line, and pad cartons, crates, and containers, using hand tools.
  • Clean containers, materials, supplies, or work areas, using cleaning solutions and hand tools.
  • Examine and inspect containers, materials, and products to ensure that packing specifications are met.
  • Load materials and products into package processing equipment.
  • Mark and label containers, container tags, or products, using marking tools.
  • Measure, weigh, and count products and materials.
  • Obtain, move, and sort products, materials, containers, and orders, using hand tools.
  • Place or pour products or materials into containers, using hand tools and equipment, or fill containers from spouts or chutes.
  • Record product, packaging, and order information on specified forms and records.
  • Remove completed or defective products or materials, placing them on moving equipment such as conveyors or in specified areas such as loading docks.
  • Seal containers or materials, using glues, fasteners, nails, and hand tools.
  • Transport packages to customers' vehicles.

Detailed Work Activities

  • attach or mark identification onto products or containers
  • clean rooms or work areas
  • examine products or work to verify conformance to specifications
  • load or unload material or workpiece into machinery
  • load, unload, or stack containers, materials, or products
  • maintain production or work records
  • measure, weigh, or count products or materials
  • move or fit heavy objects
  • operate packaging or banding machine or equipment
  • package goods for shipment or storage
  • perform safety inspections in manufacturing or industrial setting
  • sort manufacturing materials or products
  • use hand or power tools
  • wrap products

Military Crosswalk Titles

  • Packaging Specialist (Marine Corps - Enlisted)

Apprenticeship Crosswalk Titles

No information available.

DOT Crosswalk Titles

  • Ampoule Sealer
  • Apple-Packing Header
  • Bag Loader
  • Bagger
  • Bander, Hand
  • Bandoleer Packer
  • Barrel Filler I
  • Bin Filler
  • Binder-and-Wrapper Packer
  • Blueprint Trimmer
  • Bottling-Line Attendant
  • Bulk Filler
  • Bulker
  • Carrier Packer
  • Cloth-Bolt Bander
  • Core Loader
  • Cotton Tier
  • Crate Liner
  • Fish Packer
  • Fish-Egg Packer
  • Floor Worker
  • Greens Tier
  • Icer
  • Inspector-Packer
  • Laborer, Gold Leaf
  • Line-Out Worker I
  • Line-Out Worker II
  • Linen-Supply Load-Builder
  • Linker
  • Locker-Plant Attendant
  • Machine-Pack Assembler
  • Mophead Trimmer-and-Wrapper
  • Packager, Hand
  • Packer
  • Packer, Agricultural Produce
  • Packer-Fuser
  • Packing-Line Worker
  • Palletizer
  • Paper-Pattern Folder
  • Poultry-Dressing Worker
  • Primer Boxer
  • Prizer
  • Repack-Room Worker
  • Roll Coverer, Burlap
  • Rosin-Barrel Filler
  • Sample Clerk, Handkerchief
  • Shingle Packer
  • Shoe Packer
  • Shot Bagger
  • Singer
  • Snuff-Box Finisher
  • Tie-Up Worker
  • Tier
  • Timber Packer
  • Wool Sacker