Shipping Packing Clerk I

: Shipping/Packing Clerk I Purpose: Pick, pack and ship domestic and international orders according to customer requests and shipping guidelines. Essential Job Responsibilities: Check all order items for accuracy and make sure in stock. Verify customer address. Pick all items for order, using oldest inventory items first. Properly and accurately weigh each order. Follow all hazmat guidelines and fill out proper paperwork. Pack items for shipment carefully and completely following proper procedures for each product. Fill out detailed packing list. Properly mark boxes or skids. Load trucks with completed orders Make boxes as needed for orders. Use computers, tape machine and calculator. Use forklift and hand jack. Work with customer service when there are questions or issues on a customer order. Work with UPS when there are questions or concerns. Understand both international and domestic / UPS shipping guidelines and requirements. Keep work area clean and neat. Be aware of and responsible for inventory control. Other duties as assigned. Supervision: Received: General. Works independently with little supervision. Given: None Education/Experience: High school graduation or equivalent combination of education and experience. Minimum of one-year experience in a warehouse setting or manufacturing environment preferred. Experience with computers and with inventory preferred. Communication Skills/Requirements: Good communication skills required. Able to communicate verbally and/or in writing with other workers, members of management and others as to work requirements, work in progress, work completion, or questions regarding customer orders. Mathematical Ability: Able to use math to add, subtract, multiply or divide and may work with fractions, decimals, or percentages and simple formulas. Reasoning Ability: Requires the use of judgment to plan and decide on a course/sequence of action. Must be able to problem solve, handle multiple priorities and tasks, meet changing demands or requests and follow through on all tasks. Must have continuous visual and mental attention during the operation of equipment and the inputting of data. Attention to detail is required. Licenses/Certifications: Forklift Certification required. Haz-mat training required. Physical Demands: Activity on Job Amount of time spent on Activity during a shift None Under 1/3 1/3 to 2/3 Over 2/3 Stand X Walk X Sit X Use hands to finger, handle or feel X Reach with hands and arms X Climb or balance X Talk or hear X Taste or Smell X Stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl X X Lift up to 10 pounds X Lift up to 25 pounds X Lift up to 60 pounds X Lift up to 100 pounds with assistance X More than 100 pounds X __X__ Close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less) __X__ Distance Vision (clear vision at 20 feet or more) __X__ Color vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors) __X__ Peripheral vision (ability to observe an area that can be seen up and down or to the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point) __X__ Depth perception (three dimensional vision, ability to judge distances and spatial relationships) __X__ Ability to adjust focus (ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus) __X__ Hand-eye coordination _____ No special vision requirements Work Environment: Environmental Conditions Amount of time exposed to environmental condition None Under 1/3 1/3 to 2/3 Over 2/3 Wet or humid conditions (non-weather) X Work near moving mechanical parts X Work in high, precarious places X Fumes or airborne particles X Toxic or caustic chemicals X Outdoor weather conditions X Extreme cold (non-weather) X Extreme heat (non-weather) X Risk of electrical shock X Work with explosives X Risk of radiation X Vibration X Quiet Moderate Loud Very loud Noise level X Additional Information: Generally responsible for the safety of own work area. Steel-toed shoe required. [This description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with the position. It is, instead, a description of the essential elements of the position that are needed for recruitment, placement, orientation, training, competency and performance management, classification, compensation determination and other Human Resource actions.]