9619 – Other labourers in processing, manufacturing and utilities

Other labourers in processing, manufacturing and utilities perform material handling, clean-up, packaging and other elemental activities in processing, manufacturing and utilities. They are employed by companies that manufacture products such as clothing, footwear, furniture and electrical and electronic products and by printing and packaging companies.

Profile

Index of titles

Example titles

• Abrasive sheets inspector
• Acid bottler
• Acid-bottling machine tender
• Aircraft parts packager
• Aircraft parts wrapper
• Ampoule filler
• Ampoule inspector – pharmaceuticals and toiletries manufacturing
• Antichecking steel bander
• Assembly line general labourer
• Back padder – furniture manufacturing
• Bag liner – packaging
• Bagging machine feeder
• Baler tender
• Baler tender – packaging
• Balerworker
• Baling press tender – printing
• Ball weigher – toy manufacturing
• Band nailer – wood products
• Bandoleer straightener-stamper
• Barrel charrer
• Barrel stave leveller – wood products manufacturing
• Barrel straightener
• Baseball glove shaper
• Battery acid dumper
• Battery plate offbearer
• Belt edge stainer
• Belt liner
• Bench worker – garment manufacturing
• Beveller – shoe manufacturing
• Binder helper – printing
• Bindery helper
• Bindery labourer
• Bindery machine feeder – printing
• Bisque cleaner – clay products
• Blackboard eraser maker
• Blister packer
• Blueprint trimmer-wrapper – printing
• Blueprinter helper – printing
• Boat assembly helper
• Boat assembly labourer
• Boot and shoe matcher
• Boot and shoe perforator
• Bottle sorter
• Bottom wheeler – shoe manufacturing
• Box factory labourer
• Box labeller
• Box marker – manufacturing
• Box packer
• Box sealer
• Box-blank machine feeder
• Broom cleaner and cutter
• Broom trimmer
• Brush material mixer tender
• Buckle maker
• Bundle wrapper
• Bundler – manufacturing
• Bushing tender
• Button assorter
• Button marker
• Button-sorting machine feeder
• Cable insulator helper
• Candle manufacturing labourer
• Candle-wrapping machine tender
• Carbon-rod-inserting machine feeder
• Carton filler
• Carton labeller
• Carton marker
• Carton stamper
• Carton wrapper
• Case filler
• Case liner
• Case marker
• Case packer
• Casket liner
• Casket trimmer
• Cement applicator – shoe manufacturing
• Chair sander
• Chair trimmer
• Channel closer – shoe manufacturing
• Clamp remover – wood products manufacturing
• Clip-loading machine feeder
• Cloth baler – textiles
• Cloth hand cutter
• Cloth layer – garment manufacturing
• Clothing plant labourer
• Collator tender – printing
• Collator-inserter tender – printing
• Conveyor washer tender
• Cooperage labourer
• Core mounter
• Core pipe extractor
• Cotton roll machine tender
• Crate bander
• Crate liner
• Crate marker
• Crate packer
• Crater – manufacturing
• Crayon cutter
• Crayon moulder
• Creping machine operator helper
• Cushion cementer – shoe manufacturing
• Cushion filler – furniture assembly
• Cushion stuffer – furniture assembly
• Cut-out and marking machine tender – shoe manufacturing
• Deburrer – clock and watch manufacturing
• Dipping labourer
• Door sander
• Drapery making labourer
• Drawstring inserter – garment manufacturing
• Dress finisher
• Dry cell remover – electrical equipment manufacturing
• Electric motor tester helper
• Electric motor testing helper
• Electrical appliance manufacturing labourer
• Electrical insulator tester
• Electrical products labourer
• Electrical products manufacturing labourer
• Elemental worker – packaging
• Emblem-fusing machine operator – garment manufacturing
• Embroidered fabric connecting thread cutter tender
• Embroidery frame mounter
• Embroidery machine charger
• Etcher helper – printing
• Eyeglass frame trimmer
• Eyeglass pad cementer
• Factory helper
• Factory labourer – manufacturing
• Factory shoe repairer helper
• Feather washer and dryer
• Feeder – printing
• Film cutter – film processing
• Film mounter – film processing
• Film numberer – film processing
• Finisher-sander – furniture manufacturing
• Finisher-trimmer – footwear manufacturing
• Flocker – garment manufacturing
• Floor attendant – bindery
• Floor attendant – printing
• Floor tile edge grinder
• Folderman/woman – printing
• Folding machine feeder – printing
• Footwear manufacturing labourer
• Forwarder – printing
• Furniture crater
• Furniture manufacturing labourer
• Furniture packer
• Furniture panel coverer – furniture assembly
• Furrier shop labourer
• Garment and hosiery boner
• Garment bagger – garment manufacturing
• Garment factory labourer
• Garment folder
• Garment folder – garment manufacturing
• Garment fringer – garment manufacturing
• Garment manufacturing final assembler
• Garment mender – garment manufacturing
• Garment notcher – garment manufacturing
• Garment packer – garment manufacturing
• Garment parts sorter – garment manufacturing
• Garment plant labourer
• Garment ripper – garment manufacturing
• Garment sorter – garment manufacturing
• Garment steamer – garment manufacturing
• Garment waterproofer – garment manufacturing
• Gathering machine feeder – printing
• General helper – small electrical appliance assembly
• General labourer – electrical equipment assembly
• General labourer – light-fixture assembly
• General labourer – manufacturing
• Glassfiber mat roller-packer
• Glove liner
• Glove pairer
• Golf club weigher
• Golf shoe spike installer
• Groover and turner – shoe manufacturing
• Hand barrel liner
• Hand cementer – shoe manufacturing
• Hand drapery pleater
• Hand glove turner
• Hand inserter – printing
• Hand paper pad gluer
• Hand sander – furniture manufacturing
• Hand trimmer – garment manufacturing
• Hand trimmer – shoe manufacturing
• Hand wire bender
• Handbag framer
• Handle mounter
• Hardener – optical instruments manufacturing
• Hat and cap parts bundler
• Hat and cap perforator
• Hat brusher
• Hat liner
• Hat sizer
• Hat sorter
• Hat sweatband flanger
• Hat treater
• Heat-seal press pad assembler – furniture assembly
• Heddle examiner
• Heel compressor tender – shoe manufacturing
• Heel reducer – shoe manufacturing
• Heel scorer – shoe manufacturing
• Heel shaper – shoe manufacturing
• Helper – printing
• Hide and pelt processing labourer
• Incinerator plant tender
• Industrial washing machine tender
• Ink fountain cleaner – printing
• Inserter – printing
• Insole filler – footwear manufacturing
• Insulator tester
• Jewellery pickler and dipper
• Jogger – printing
• Knife parts cementer – processing and manufacturing
• Label brander
• Label heat tacker
• Labourer – packaging
• Labourer – packaging company
• Labourer – printing
• Labourer – shoe manufacturing
• Labourer – tannery
• Lacer – footwear manufacturing
• Lacer – sporting goods manufacturing
• Last ironer – shoe manufacturing
• Layer-up – garment manufacturing
• Lay-up worker – garment manufacturing
• Leather belt maker
• Leather coater
• Leather glove worker
• Leather processing labourer
• Lens blank marker
• Lens block cleaner
• Lens blocker
• Lens hardener
• Level vial setter
• Link cutter – garment manufacturing
• Lithographic offset press feeder
• Luggage coverer
• Luggage handle maker
• Machine feeder
• Machine packager
• Machine spreader – garment manufacturing
• Machine wedger
• Masker
• Mechanical insulator tester
• Nail cutter – shoe manufacturing
• Offbearer – printing
• Oil reclaimer
• Optical element cleaner
• Ornamental stone setter – jewellery manufacturing
• Packager – manufacturing
• Packaging company labourer
• Packaging line worker
• Packer – manufacturing
• Padding cutter – furniture assembly
• Padding labourer
• Pail handle inserter
• Paint roller winder
• Paint stripper
• Paper cone dipper and dryer
• Paper goods bander
• Paper sheet counter – printing
• Parachute folder
• Parachute harness rigger
• Parachute preparer
• Pencil blank presser
• Pencil-tipping machine feeder
• Piler – printing
• Pipe grader
• Plastic printer helper
• Plastic-packing machine tender
• Plastics masker
• Pocket marker – garment manufacturing
• Pocket-folding machine feeder-loader – printing
• Polisher – shoe manufacturing
• Porcelain enamel products cleaner
• Porcelain products cleaner
• Portable diamond drill and saw operator helper
• Press helper – printing
• Press paper feeder – printing
• Pressing machine feeder – garment manufacturing
• Pressroom floor attendant – printing
• Printing press feeder
• Processing equipment cleaner
• Product marker
• Production painter helper
• Production weigher
• Protective signalling installer helper – manufacturing
• Putty applicator – furniture and fixtures manufacturing
• Reel replacer press assistant
• Refrigerator crater
• Relaster – shoe manufacturing
• Rock splitter
• Sample clerk – fabric products
• Sample room worker
• Screen printing machine feeder
• Screen printing paster
• Seed packager
• Shank cementer – shoe manufacturing
• Sheet metal lithographic press feeder
• Shell mould bonder
• Shipyard labourer
• Shipyard painter helper
• Shoe manufacturing labourer
• Shoe parts buffer
• Shoe parts dipper
• Shoe parts former
• Shoe parts marker
• Shoe parts stock sorter
• Silvering machine feeder
• Skate lining inserter
• Slip seat coverer – furniture assembly
• Smoothing machine tender – shoe manufacturing
• Sock boarder
• Sole edge stainer-finisher – shoe manufacturing
• Sole-flexing machine tender
• Solid tire mounter – toy manufacturing
• Sorter – recyclable materials
• Splitting machine tender – shoe manufacturing
• Sporting goods filler
• Spray booth cleaner
• Spray painter helper
• Spring inserter – furniture manufacturing
• Springer – furniture assembly
• Stacker – printing
• Stamp filler
• Stamper and labeller
• Steam cabinet attendant – garment manufacturing
• Stitch separator and simulator – shoe manufacturing
• Storage worker – ice processing
• Thermostat capillary sealer
• Thread laster – shoe manufacturing
• Thread trimmer – garment manufacturing
• Tie maker
• Tile cutter
• Toe and heel sprayer – shoe manufacturing
• Touch-up cleaner – furniture finishing and refinishing
• Tubulating machine feeder – glass products manufacturing
• Turner – garment manufacturing
• Tying machine tender
• Upholsterer helper
• Upholstery cleaner and finisher
• Upholstery parts sorter
• Upholstery trimmer
• Vacuum bottle exhaust machine feeder
• Wallpaper printer helper
• Waxer – explosives manufacturing
• Weigher-counter
• Weigher-manufacturing
• Welt butter and tacker – shoe manufacturing
• Wire border assembler – furniture assembly
• Wood products finisher – furniture manufacturing
• Wood products machine feeder
• Wooden box bander
• Wooden coat hanger shaper feeder
• Woodworking machine feeder
• Woodworking shop helper
• Wool puller – hide and pelt processing
• Wrapper – manufacturing
• Wrinkle remover – shoe manufacturing
• Zipper repairer

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

Transport raw materials, finished products and equipment throughout plant manually or using powered equipment

Check and weigh materials and products

Sort, pack, crate and package materials and products

Assist machine operators, assemblers and other workers

Clean work areas and equipment

Perform other labouring and elemental activities.

Employment requirements

Some secondary school education may be required.

Additional information

There is some mobility among occupations in this unit group.

Progression to machine operating positions is possible with experience.

Exclusions

Supervisors, electrical products manufacturing (9223)

Supervisors, furniture and fixtures manufacturing (9224)

Supervisors, textile, fabric, fur and leather products processing and manufacturing (9217)

Supervisors, other products manufacturing and assembly (9227)