Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks

in California

Verify and keep records on incoming and outgoing shipments. Prepare items for shipment. Duties include assembling, addressing, stamping, and shipping merchandise or material; receiving, unpacking, verifying and recording incoming merchandise or material; and arranging for the transportation of products. Exclude "Stock Clerks and Order Fillers" (43-5081) and "Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping" (43-5111). [More Details...]

Skills - Importance and Competence Level for this occupation (1-low, 100-high)

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Skills	Importance	Competence Level
Active Listening	80	43
Coordination	80	38
Critical Thinking	80	50
Identification of Key Causes	80	36
Implementation Planning	83	45
Information Gathering	83	36
Information Organization	80	48
Judgment and Decision Making	80	33
Mathematics	90	48
Problem Identification	90	43
Product Inspection	80	33
Reading Comprehension	77	52
Speaking	77	40
Writing	83	43

Employment Projections

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Area	Estimated Year - Projected Year	Employment		Employment Change		Annual Avg Openings
		Estimated	Projected	Number	Percent
California	2018 - 2028	93,600	99,100	5,500	5.9	101,160

Wages

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Area	Time Period	Hourly Mean	Hourly by Percentile
			25th	Median	75th
California	2023	$21.45	$17.97	$19.54	$23.65

Education

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Workers must have a Short-term on-the-job training to gain the necessary skills for this occupation.However, those with related work experience would have a competitive advantage in this labor market.

Data for Training Programs not available.

Job Openings from JobCentral National Labor Exchange

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