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Packers and Packagers, Hand
Pack or package by hand a wide variety of products and materials.
- Median pay
- $35,580
- per year
- 10-year outlook
- -5.4%
- Declining
- Typical entry
- No formal educational credential
Key skills
- Monitoring
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Coordination
- Quality Control Analysis
- Judgment and Decision Making
What they do
- Examine and inspect containers, materials, or products to ensure that product quality and packing specifications are met.
- Measure, weigh, and count products and materials.
- Record product, packaging, and order information on specified forms and records.
- Seal containers or materials, using glues, fasteners, nails, and hand tools.
- Assemble, line, and pad cartons, crates, and containers, using hand tools.
- Obtain, move, and sort products, materials, containers, and orders, using hand tools.
- Mark and label containers, container tags, or products, using marking tools.
- Clean containers, materials, supplies, or work areas, using cleaning solutions and hand tools.
- Remove completed or defective products or materials, placing them on moving equipment, such as conveyors, or in specified areas, such as loading docks.
- Place or pour products or materials into containers, using hand tools and equipment, or fill containers from spouts or chutes.
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Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS, Employment Projections) and O*NET, used under CC BY 4.0.