Warehouse Technician

aperçu de l'emploi

Catégories d’emplois

Business and Operations Support

secteurs

Études

Environment

au bureau

Salaire moyenne

$37,000 to $66,000

À propos de cette carrière

A place for everything, and everything in its place. You appreciate organization. You like process. You work hard to keep track of all of the products, equipment and supplies that are brought into and sent out of a company facility. Do you like to keep things orderly and organized? Are you an excellent multi-tasker? If so, then the Warehouse Technician may be an
excellent fit for you.

Warehouse Technicians are responsible for products within a warehouse environment. Specifically, they receive, store and issue materials, equipment, and other items from the stockroom, warehouse or storage yards. In the oil and gas industry, Warehouse Technicians may also connect hoses or pipes and operate equipment to load and unload liquid petroleum, chemical or other products into or from tank cars, tank trucks or storage tanks. They keep records and compile stock reports and may process orders from supplier company facilities/plants or external customers.

Warehouse Technicians interact with internal and external clients and warehouse supervisory staff. They use equipment such as forklifts, dollies, hand lifts, cranes etc. to move materials. They may need experience in cycle count processes and inventory/warehouse management processes.

In this occupation activities may include:

Maintaining a clean and safe working environment. Using safe handling techniques
Receiving materials from external vendors. Requisitioning supplies and materials
Operating material handling equipment (for example, dollies, hand trucks, pallet jacks, forklifts, cranes, conveyers)
Operating equipment to load and unload liquid petroleum, chemical or other products into or from tank cars, tank trucks or storage tanks
Processing orders, customer product returns and the return of products to suppliers

Education

This occupation requires a high school diploma and some employers may require a supply chain management diploma or trades certification.

Certifications

Standard and emergency first aid
H2S Alive
Traffic control
Forklift
Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)

Licensing

Trade certification for parts persons is available, but voluntary, in all provinces and territories
In some jurisdictions, materials handlers require apprentice certificates or a journeyman’s ticket
Red Seal endorsement is also available to qualified parts persons upon successful completion of the interprovincial Red Seal examination

You are very organized, and a concise record keeper. You have strong interpersonal skills and can maintain strong working relationships with a variety of personalities. You are fit enough to lift and move product as needed.

Transportation
Critical thinking
Attention to detail
Operation and control
Public safety and security
Equipment selection
Coordination
Active listening
Document use
Service orientation

Experience in a related clerical occupation, or as a warehouse worker, may be required for parts persons
Physical strength is required for manual material handlers who work with heavy materials

Manufacturing
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
Construction
Mining and quarrying
Transportation and warehousing
Utilities

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