Skills & competences

Description

Manufacturing labourers not elsewhere classified assist the work of machine operators and assemblers and perform a variety of simple and routine manual tasks in manufacturing, excluding packing and labelling finished products.
Tasks include -
(a) conveying goods, material, equipment and other items to work areas, and removing finished pieces;
(b) loading and unloading vehicles, trucks and trolleys;
(c) clearing machine blockages, and cleaning machinery, equipment and tools;
(d) carrying out manual sorting of products or components.
Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Bottle sorter
- Factory hand
- Material handler
- Stacker
Some related occupations classified elsewhere:
- Electrical equipment assembler - 8212
- Electronic equipment assembler - 8212
- Leather products assembler - 8219
- Rubber products assembler - 8219
- Hand packer - 9321