Edit to specify: I’m a forklift inspector in the LTL industry, I use excel a lot but that’s something I learned on my own for personal reasons. Basically everything I do now is something anybody could do for little to no education except perhaps some training for the spreadsheets I made to make my job easier and our terrible software that I wish I could change. And I make about $30 per hour. So that’s nice.
Basically if you have a business that doesn’t move enough product to need their own trucking network they’ll use LTL shipping.
In general you get a decent amount of walking, little to no standing, a decent amount of physical labor (must be able to lift 100lbs), and you drive a forklift all day.
It’s pretty chill for the most part but one thing to keep in mind is that safety is of the utmost importance.
In general injuries happen because someone wasn’t paying attention, don’t be that person who sends someone to the hospital because you didn’t look behind you when backing up.
Edit: Specifically what I do now is inspect the forklifts we have for defects and needed maintenance and if it’s something small to take care of it myself. Also making sure we’re in compliance with the state for our forklifts (the scales, needed safety features, etc) and doing a lot of paperwork.
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I work a job that doesn’t require a degree
Edit to specify: I’m a forklift inspector in the LTL industry, I use excel a lot but that’s something I learned on my own for personal reasons. Basically everything I do now is something anybody could do for little to no education except perhaps some training for the spreadsheets I made to make my job easier and our terrible software that I wish I could change. And I make about $30 per hour. So that’s nice.
Nice! What’s LTL? Does your job require a lot of walking, standing, or physical labor?
LTL stands for Less Than Truckload
Basically if you have a business that doesn’t move enough product to need their own trucking network they’ll use LTL shipping.
In general you get a decent amount of walking, little to no standing, a decent amount of physical labor (must be able to lift 100lbs), and you drive a forklift all day.
It’s pretty chill for the most part but one thing to keep in mind is that safety is of the utmost importance.
In general injuries happen because someone wasn’t paying attention, don’t be that person who sends someone to the hospital because you didn’t look behind you when backing up.
Edit: Specifically what I do now is inspect the forklifts we have for defects and needed maintenance and if it’s something small to take care of it myself. Also making sure we’re in compliance with the state for our forklifts (the scales, needed safety features, etc) and doing a lot of paperwork.
Oh, okay, that’s really interesting. Thank you. :)