Freight and Furniture Handlers

Freight and Furniture Handlers load and unload trucks, containers and rail cars, and transfer cargo between ships and other forms of transport and storage facilities.

• Labelling goods with customers' details and destinations
• Loading goods into trucks, containers and rail wagons, and securing loads
• Assisting to tie down loads and cover them with tarpaulins
• Guiding truck drivers into loading bays and through confined spaces
• Performing clerical functions to record and check cargo on arrival, storage and despatch
• Opening and closing hatches and securing cargo to prevent shifting during voyages
• Transferring loads using moving equipment and directing equipment operations using communication systems
• Stacking cargo on pallets, trays, flats and slings to facilitate transfer to and from ships