Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping

What the job really is

Weigh, measure, and check materials, supplies, and equipment for the purpose of keeping relevant records. Duties are primarily clerical by nature. Includes workers who collect and keep record of samples of products or materials.

At a glance

• Sector: Office & Administrative
• O*NET-SOC code: 43-5111
• O*NET job zone: 2 — some preparation
• Work sample tasks on file: 12
• Tools and technologies listed: 12

What you actually do

Work sample tasks recorded for this occupation:

• Document quantity, quality, type, weight, test result data, and value of materials or products to maintain shipping, receiving, and production records and files.
• Weigh or measure materials, equipment, or products to maintain relevant records, using volume meters, scales, rules, or calipers.
• Collect or prepare measurement, weight, or identification labels and attach them to products.
• Examine products or materials, parts, subassemblies, and packaging for damage, defects, or shortages, using specification sheets, gauges, and standards charts.
• Signal or instruct other workers to weigh, move, or check products.
• Collect product samples and prepare them for laboratory analysis or testing.
• Maintain, monitor, and clean work areas, such as recycling collection sites, drop boxes, counters and windows, and areas around scale houses.
• Compare product labels, tags, or tickets, shipping manifests, purchase orders, and bills of lading to verify accuracy of shipment contents, quality specifications, or weights.
• Remove from stock products or loads not meeting quality standards, and notify supervisors or appropriate departments of discrepancies or shortages.
• Inspect products and examination records to determine the number of defects per worker and the reasons for examiners' rejections.
• Store samples of finished products in labeled cartons and record their location.
• Count or estimate quantities of materials, parts, or products received or shipped.

Tools and technology

Inventory management systems, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Oracle Database, SAP software, Automatic bulk weighing systems, Axle load scales, Beam scales

What employers expect you to already be comfortable with.

Where this job leads

Related occupations — the usual moves up and sideways:

• Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
• Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
• Packers and Packagers, Hand
• Machine Feeders and Offbearers
• Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
• Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
• Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products
• Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks

Getting in

O*NET assigns this occupation job zone 2 (some preparation). The related occupations above are the realistic routes in and out.

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