Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators

What Does a Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators Do?

Operate industrial trucks or tractors equipped to move materials around a warehouse, storage yard, factory, construction site, or similar location.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• 1Move levers or controls that operate lifting devices, such as forklifts, lift beams with swivel-hooks, hoists, or elevating platforms, to load, unload, transport, or stack material.
• 2Move controls to drive gasoline- or electric-powered trucks, cars, or tractors and transport materials between loading, processing, and storage areas.
• 3Manually or mechanically load or unload materials from pallets, skids, platforms, cars, lifting devices, or other transport vehicles.
• 4Position lifting devices under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, or boxes and secure material or products for transport to designated areas.
• 5Inspect product load for accuracy and safely move it around the warehouse or facility to ensure timely and complete delivery.

Required Skills

• Argos Software ABECAS Insight WMS
• ATMS StockTrack PLUS
• Autodesk AutoCAD
• BarControl Enterprise Manager iBEM
• IntelliTrack Warehouse Management System (WMS)
• Inventory management systems
• Lilly Software Associates VISUAL DCMS
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office software
• Microsoft Outlook

Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators Salary