Utility Person (Shipping Worker)
JOB SUMMARY:
Responsible for removing cake from the conveyor belt, stacking onto racks and
dollies and counting product.
This position has direct and indirect responsibility
to ensure that all work activities under its span of control are performed with
attention to the highest standards of food quality, safe processes, compliance
with all appropriate legal requirements and a focus on continuous process
improvement.
ESSENTIAL
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Catch
product off of conveyor belt and stack onto dollies and racks
2. Count
product
3. Pull
dollies of product to the line up area
4. Dump
trash (breaks and end of shift)
5. Clean
and sweep work area
6. Help
load trucks occasionally
7. Load
fall modules onto dumper
8.
Must be able to pass forklift written and driving test
JOB
SPECIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Requires high school diploma, or
equivalent.
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, Utility
Person (Shipping Worker), DOT#: 524.687-022, is an
unskilled position (30 days or less vocational preparation). The general
educational development requirements include the following:
Utility Person
(Shipping Worker)
Position Description
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Reasoning Skills- Apply common sense
understanding, to carry out simple one or two step instructions. Deal with standardized situations with occasional or
no variable in or from these situations encountered on the job.
Mathematical Skills- Add and subtract two digit
numbers, multiply and divide 10s and 100s by 2,3,4,5 and perform the four basic
arithmetic operations.
Language Skills- Recognize the meaning of 2,500 (two
pr three syllables) words. Read at a rate of 95-120 words per minute. Compare
similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers. Print
simple sentences containing subject, verb, and object and series of numbers,
names and addresses. Speak simple sentences, using normal word order and
present and past tenses.
Prefer previous safety training.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Ability to walk (25%),
stand (5%), kneeling/squatting (5%) and bend (65%) for 8 hours. Ability to lift approximately up to a maximum of 30
pounds, approximately 450 times per day from 6 inches to over head. Ability to reach from 6 inches to 8 feet, approximately 68 times
per hour. May climb stairs 2 times per day. Performs repetitive motions, using the hands/arms, approximately
1000 times per hour and back (twisting) 1000 times per day. Ability to push/pull whole and upper body, 24 times per hour.
Baskets of cake weigh approximately 30 pounds and dollies weigh 50 pounds. Must be in good physical condition.
According to the U.S. Department of
Labor, Utility Person (Shipping Worker) is considered a light physical demand
level job, defined as occasional exerting force of 20 pounds, 10 pounds
frequently or a negligible amount of force constantly. As the position may
require lifting up to 30 pounds, the position is actually at the medium
physical demand level.
OTHER ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS NOT LISTED
ABOVE INCLUDE
Reading, writing,
seeing, hearing, communicating, adding, subtracting and understanding
instructions.
MACHINES/TOOLS USED
Racks, dollies,
plastic baskets, boxes, pencils and markers.
Qualified applicants may submit their
current resume, current salary history and cover letter to:
Angie Heins, Assistant HR Manager,
via email
to angie.heins@hostessbrands.com, or by
fax to
620-342-7327.
