Job: Fork Lift Operator

Jobing Description

Fork Lift Operator
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Details

Location: NV - North Las Vegas Job Type: Transportation
Base Pay: $10.00 /Hour Required Education: Not Specified
Bonus: Required Experience: Not Specified
Other: Required Travel: Not Specified
Employee Type: Full-Time Relocation Covered: No
Industry Transportation

Job ID: 20110042

Description

Job Summary:

Responsible for stacking baled materials, emptying full 3-4 yard containers of recyclable materials that are collected by line sorters.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

* Perform daily pre-shift inspections on forklifts.
* Responsible for following all safety rules and procedures regarding forklift operation.
* Reports to shift supervisor for work assignments.
* Responsible for weighing light bales and recording the correct weights on forms provided.
* Coordinates with floor and line supervisors to empty full container of recycled materials
* Empty all trash bins throughout the day in and around the plant.
* Regular reliable punctual attendance is essential because of limited staffing resources.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables to standardize situations.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms and to hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristic described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and vibration. The employee is frequently exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Requirements

Education and/or Experience:

High school diploma or general education degree (GED)

Fork Lift experience preferred

Language Skills:

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

Mathematical Skills:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

OSHA Forklift certification a plus