9333-Material and Freight Handling Workers

Job Title: 

Material and Freight Handling Workers

Job Description: 

Material and freight handlers carry out tasks such as packing, carrying, loading and unloading furniture and other household items, or loading and unloading ship and aircraft cargoes and other freight, or carrying and stacking goods in various warehouses.

Tasks: 

Tasks include:

  • packing office or household furniture, machines, appliances and related goods to be transported from one place to another
  • carrying goods to be loaded on or unloaded from vans, trucks, wagons, ships, or aircraft
  • loading and unloading grain, coal, sand and similar goods by placing them on conveyor-belts, pipes etc
  • connecting hoses between main shore installation pipes and tanks of barges, tankers and other ships to load and unload petroleum, liquefied gases and other liquids
  • carrying and stacking goods in warehouses and similar establishments
  • sorting cargo prior to loading and unloading
Additional Notes: 


This unit group includes

Ship loader
Lorry loader
Furniture mover
Baggage handler
Cargo handler

Specific Occupations: 

93331
Stevedore

93332
Railway/Road vehicle loader

93333
Aircraft loader (eg airport baggage/cargo handler)

93334
Godown labourer

93335
Lorry attendant

93336
Mover

93337
Lashing worker

93339
Other material and freight handling workers

International Careers(ISCO): 
Similar O*NET Careers (USA) : 
Source Of Info: 

Source: SINGAPORE STANDARD OCCUPATIONAL CLASSIFICATION 2015, Department of Statistics, Ministry of Trade & Industry, Republic of Singapore