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Job Description
Fill customers' mail and telephone orders from stored merchandise in accordance with specifications on sales slips or order forms. Duties include computing prices of items, completing order receipts, keeping records of out-going orders, and requisitioning additional materials, supplies, and equipment.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 43-5081.04
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Order Fillers, Wholesale and Retail Sales”.
Also Known As…
- Order Fillers, Wholesale and Retail Sales
- Puller
- Picker/Puller
- Parts Technician
- Parts Processor
- Order Puller
- Order Picker
- Order Filler
- Inventory Specialist
- Fulfillment Representative
- Stock Selector
- Stamp Analyst
- Parts Puller
- Packer
- Order Selector
- Order Runner
- Order Builder Loader
- Order Builder
Tasks for “Packer”
- Keep records of out-going orders.
- Place merchandise on conveyors leading to wrapping areas.
- Obtain merchandise from bins or shelves.
- Complete order receipts.
- Requisition additional materials, supplies, and equipment.
- Read orders to ascertain catalog numbers, sizes, colors, and quantities of merchandise.
- Compute prices of items or groups of items.
Related Technology & Tools
- Barcode scanners
- Strapping machines
- Staple guns
- Multiline telephone systems
- Convertible hand trucks
- Nailing hammers
- Tape guns
- Wrapping equipment
- Shipping scales
- Conveyor belts
- Personal computers
- Warehouse forklifts
- Measuring tapes
- Stand-up forklifts
- Electric pallet jacks
- Cherry pickers
- Computer laser printers
- Handheld radio frequency RF scanners
- Manual pallet jacks
- Remote data terminals
- Warehouse dollies
- Pallet tipper
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Outlook
- Data entry software
- SAP
- Email software
- Inventory tracking software
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Voice picking software