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Warehouse worker

Warehouse workers take delivery of goods and pack orders for dispatch.

Annual Salary

£16,000 to £24,000

Average UK salary in 2022 was £33,200
(source Office for National Statistics)

Working hours

35 to 40 a week

You could work: evenings / weekends / bank holidays; on shifts

0.3%
Future employment

There will be 0.3% more Warehouse worker jobs in 2027.

Day to day tasks

In this role you could:

  • take in deliveries and check for damaged or missing items
  • use lifting equipment to move stock around the warehouse
  • check stock levels and make sure items are stored correctly
  • pack, wrap and load items to be dispatched
  • clean the warehouse

Working environment

You may need to wear protective clothing.

You could work in a warehouse.

Your working environment may be at height, physically demanding and outdoors some of the time.

You can get into this job through and apprenticeship or by applying directly.

Apprenticeship

Depending on where you work, you could do a:

  • supply chain warehouse operative intermediate apprenticeship
  • express delivery sortation hub operative intermediate apprenticeship

Entry requirements

You'll usually need:

  • some GCSEs, usually including English and maths, or equivalent, for an intermediate apprenticeship
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Direct application

You can apply directly to be a warehouse worker.

You might not need qualifications, but some employers may want you to have GCSEs at grade 4 (C) in English and maths, or equivalent qualifications. You might also need basic IT skills.

Requirements and restrictions

You'll need to:

  • have forklift truck driver training for some jobs

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Career tips

It may help when looking for work if you've done forklift training.

Further information

Warehouse worker jobs can often by temporary or available seasonally.

You can find out more about careers and training in warehouse work from The Chartered Institute for Logistics and Transport and Generation Logistics.

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With experience, you could become a team leader, shift supervisor or warehouse manager.

You could also move into quality control, freight planning or distribution.

You can find information about warehousing qualifications from The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport.

Skills required and how your skills match up

What skills are required?

You'll need:

  • the ability to work well with others
  • to be thorough and pay attention to detail
  • the ability to accept criticism and work well under pressure
  • to be flexible and open to change
  • the ability to organise your time and workload
  • excellent verbal communication skills
  • the ability to work well with your hands
  • thinking and reasoning skills
  • patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations
  • to be able to carry out basic tasks on a computer or hand-held device
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