PHYSICAL DEMANDS DESCRIPTION
JOB DATA
Department: Wholesale Distribution Centre
Work Hours: F/T: 5 days/week, 8-hour shifts
P/T: 4-5 hour shifts
Breaks: F/T: 1 x ½ hr., 2 x 15 min. P/T: 1 x 15 min
PPE: Safety shoes and high visibility vest. When working
in coolers and freezers, insulated coat, hat, and work gloves
are required.
Special Training Requirements: Pallet Truck Certification
JOB PHOTO
Purpose and Nature of the Job:
Pick product from the warehouse racks and palletize on a skid according to customer order(s) using
an electric pallet truck. Pickers may pick product from one or more of the following areas: dry goods,
refrigerated coolers and/or freezers. Quantities and frequencies will vary with each customer order;
approximately 120 items per person, per hour are picked. Each picked skid will typically contain a variety
of different products, rarely will an entire skid of the same product be required.
Essential Tasks of the Job:
1. Pre-inspect pallet truck and plug-in at end of shift; < 5%.
2. Obtain skid(s); < 5%.
– Transfer skid from stack (up to waist level) and place on ground; 15-18 kg.
3. Operate single or double electric pallet truck; ~45%.
– Stand on pallet truck and operate using T-bar controls.
4. Pick items from the racks (skid level up to 2 m) and organize on a skid on the pallet truck; ~45%.
Pickers are assigned to one of the following areas:
DRY GOODS:
– Boxes, bags, cases; 1-23 kg
– Typically 1-10 of the same item is picked per order
REFRIGERATED GOODS:
– PRODUCE
• Cases of produce (fruits and vegetables); 5-23 kg
• Typically 10-60 cases of each item are picked per order
POSITION/JOB TITLE: Picker
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