Also called: Freight Handler, Dock Unloader
Unloads trucks by hand at warehouses and grocery distribution centers, often paid per truck.
A trailer full of boxes of canned goods arrives, and your crew breaks it down onto pallets as fast as possible. Fast, strong workers can earn good money per load.
Based on BLS hand laborers and material movers.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
No formal education, about 0 years after high school. No formal education; on-the-job training.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years). Steady.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. Robot truck unloaders are spreading in warehouses; hand unloading shrinks by 2036.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to lumper service companies at grocery or retail distribution centers
Classes: PE or fitness, Math.
Official data: O*NET occupation 53-7062.
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