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Fork-lift Truck Drivers

Fork-lift truck drivers operate fork-lift trucks in factories, warehouses, storerooms and other areas to transfer goods and materials.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£11,971
£26,789
£42,388

New workers start around £11,971. Normal pay is £26,789 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £42,388.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 101,673 vacancies for this type of job

4.72%

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, oils and greases machine.

  • Keeps records of work undertaken.

  • Ensures that truck is connected to charger or is correctly refuelled for use.

  • Drives truck to unloading point and lowers forks to correct position on stack or ground.

  • Operates controls to pick up load on forks.

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.

  • Forklift Truck

  • Warehousing

  • Palletizing

  • Manual Handling

  • Truck Driving

  • Housekeeping

  • Order Picking

  • Machinery

  • Numeracy

  • Stock Control

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.

  • Loading And Unloading

  • Communication

  • Detail Oriented

  • Lifting Ability

  • Operations

  • Management

  • English Language

  • Strong Work Ethic

  • Customer Service

  • Teamwork

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.