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The Warehouse Operative Job role is crucial in many businesses. A warehouse operative is a general worker within a warehouse, some may call this a warehouse worker, warehouse operator, warehouse picker, picker and packer, a warehouse assistant or a warehouse employee.
Warehouse Workers look after goods in a stockroom or warehouse. They receive, store and send goods and inventory, making sure there are no missing, damaged or unchecked items.
This page will give you an overview of what a Warehouse Operative is and what they do and hopefully answer any questions you may have on your search for a Warehousing job and career.
The Warehouse Operative Job role is crucial in many businesses. A warehouse operative is a general worker within a warehouse, some may call this a warehouse worker, warehouse operator, warehouse picker, picker and packer, a warehouse assistant or a warehouse employee.
Warehouse Workers look after goods in a stockroom or warehouse. They receive, store and send goods and inventory, making sure there are no missing, damaged or unchecked items.
This page will give you an overview of what a Warehouse Operative is and what they do and hopefully answer any questions you may have on your search for a Warehousing job and career.
Distribution center Operatives receive and stow products, pick and pack customers' orders. It's an essential role; you bring customers' orders to life, every day.
Working in a team, you're likely to do a variety of tasks in a shift, such as taking delivery of goods into a warehouse for sorting, stacking and storage and then eventually picking and packing orders for dispatch as they are sent on their way to our high-streets, businesses and out of town stores.
If you think of yourself as a practical, common sense sort of person with a methodical approach, who is happy to work in a team or independently, this might be the role for you. The ability to work quickly, accurately and safely are also highly desirable skills.
A short Youtube video showing a tour of one of Amazon's fulfillment Centres, this is the type of environment you are likely to work in as a warehouse operative.
Warehouse Workers often work alongside other workers, this could include forklift drivers, their line managers (supervisors and team leaders) as well as other distribution center related job roles such as logistics personnel, HGV drivers and more. A Forklift driver can either be a standalone role, or a warehouse operative themself. Depending on the function of each warehouse, some distribution center workers will work with factory operatives or production line personnel.
A Warehouse Operative's main responsibility is simple, to do anything the distribution center management needs within the running of the center.
This varies between specific roles and warehouses but in most cases the worker's tasks will be manage inventory or goods in some way or another. This could be in the form of moving, counting and shipping stock or simply picking and packing in a warehouse.
In a warehouse the core component is not only the stock that is managed there but the Operatives. A distribution center wouldn't work without human interaction to ensure speed and quality. Most distribution centers never stop running; 24 hours a day. Warehouse Operatives work a range of shifts from morning, day, evening and night to ensure the products the business needs are delivered to the correct store or customer. A warehouse relies on every single employee within that business to roll up their sleeves and get the job done - without the warehousing workers the job wouldn't get done!
A Warehouse Operative's main role may include:
Avg. Salary:
£17,689.00
You don't need to look that far out of the box to find a distribution center job, it's rather simple really, we have a truckload of them! Warehouse Worker jobs in the warehousing and logistics industry will always be available as long as people buy products online, which over the years has only grown. Recruitment agencies provide workers for many companies therefore they will almost always have a role available for you. At RecruitEasy, we advertise most our available roles on our Warehousing and other industry job search. If you can't find a role that's right for you, You can also register for us to find you a role.
Most warehouse jobs don't require any particular qualifications, yet if you do want to progress in the industry it might be useful to have some qualifications or experience.
Except from your amount of experience, some Warehouse Operative positions may also require certain things, so, What qualifications does a Warehouse Operative need?
To find out more information about Level 1-3 Warehousing and Logistics qualifications visit the City & Guilds website.
If you have any questions in your pursuit of a career as a Warehouse Operator and senior warehousing positions don't hesitate to contact us, one of the team would be happy to help.
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