Shipping technician vs shipping associate

Differences between shipping technician and shipping associate duties and responsibilities

Shipping technician example responsibilities.

• Manage an off-site facility by organizing overflow product placement and the logistics of transporting it as needed.
• Train on an RF gun and electronic pallet jack.
• Work in finish goods vault picking orders using first in first out (fifo) and sequential order.
• Perform logistics management operations by inspect incoming property for correct identification, condition and security classifications.
• Move motorcycles and snowmobiles with forklift.

Shipping associate example responsibilities.

• Pick up mail and packages from USPS facilities.
• Pick up & deliver mail to & from USPS processing center.
• Create bill of ladings for LTL shipments for both international and domestic.
• Develop a working knowledge of WMS systems to research inventory or print bills of lading.
• Prepare paperwork & make pick-up arrangements for shipments to be transport by way of LTL trucks.
• Gain basic understating of logistics and large-scale management.
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