Warehouse Operatives
Wages
New workers start around £12,378. Normal pay is £23,964 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £34,848.
Available jobs
In the past year there were 590,458 vacancies for this type of job
Projected job growth over the next 8 years
Related courses
People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.
What they do most days?
Cleans and maintains warehouse.
Checks goods for damage or missing stock and maintains an inventory of stock.
Retrieves stored items as listed on order sheets, makes up orders against requisitions and prepares goods for despatch.
Packs furniture and household goods into crates and cartons for storage.
Undertakes the loading and unloading of goods and conveys goods about storage area.
Hard Skills
Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.
Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.
Soft Skills
Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.
Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.