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Packers and Packagers, Hand resume example

A resume for a Packers and Packagers, Hand needs to show the work itself: pack or package by hand a wide variety of products and materials. Day to day that means work like this: examine and inspect containers, materials, or products to ensure that product quality and packing specifications are met; measure, weigh, and count products and materials. Recruiters and applicant tracking systems both read for the tasks and tools this role actually involves, so the strongest resume names them in your own experience rather than describing the job in the abstract. Below are the tasks O*NET records for this occupation, the software and tools it uses, the titles it is advertised under, and the skills worth naming if they are genuinely yours.

Also advertised as

The same job is posted under many titles. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.

  • Bagger
  • Packager
  • Packer
  • Selector Packer
  • Crater
  • Mini Shifter
  • Pack Out Operator
  • Packaging Specialist
  • Picker and Packer
  • Sacker
  • Agricultural Produce Packer
  • Ampoule Sealer
  • Apple Packing Header
  • Bag Filler
  • Bag Loader
  • Bag Sealer
  • Band Shover
  • Bandoleer Packer

O*NET records 40 titles for this occupation in total.

What this work actually involves

Tasks recorded for this occupation, in O*NET's words. If your experience covers one of these, it belongs on your resume in your own words.

  • Examine and inspect containers, materials, or products to ensure that product quality and packing specifications are met.
  • Measure, weigh, and count products and materials.
  • Record product, packaging, and order information on specified forms and records.
  • Seal containers or materials, using glues, fasteners, nails, and hand tools.
  • Assemble, line, and pad cartons, crates, and containers, using hand tools.
  • Obtain, move, and sort products, materials, containers, and orders, using hand tools.
  • Mark and label containers, container tags, or products, using marking tools.
  • Clean containers, materials, supplies, or work areas, using cleaning solutions and hand tools.
  • Remove completed or defective products or materials, placing them on moving equipment, such as conveyors, or in specified areas, such as loading docks.
  • Place or pour products or materials into containers, using hand tools and equipment, or fill containers from spouts or chutes.
  • Load materials and products into package processing equipment.
  • Transport packages to customers' vehicles.

Example bullets for this role

Built from this occupation's own tasks. The brackets stay empty on purpose: we will not invent a number for you, and a fabricated metric is the fastest way to lose an interview you had already won.

  • Examine and inspect containers, materials, or products to ensure that product quality and packing specifications are met, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Measure, weigh, and count products and materials, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Record product, packaging, and order information on specified forms and records, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Seal containers or materials, using glues, fasteners, nails, and hand tools, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].

Software used in this role

Recorded for this occupation by O*NET. An applicant tracking system matches the exact product name, so write the tool the way the posting writes it.

  • Autodesk AutoCAD
  • Inventory tracking software
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Word
  • SAP software
  • Spreadsheet software

Tools and equipment

The physical equipment this occupation is recorded as using. Worth naming when a posting asks for it by name.

  • Bagging machines
  • Bundling equipment
  • Carton closing staplers
  • Clamshell sealers
  • Claw hammers
  • Combination polypropylene strapping tools
  • Computer scanners
  • Computerized scales
  • Electric tabletop staplers
  • Electronic water-activated tape dispensers
  • Foot-operated staplers
  • Forklifts

Skills an ATS reads for

Worth naming only if they are genuinely yours. Keyword overlap is one input to a resume's score, not a verdict.

  • Inventory tracking
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Word

What this job rates as most important

O*NET rates every skill for importance to this occupation. These are the highest rated, in order.

  1. 01Monitoring

Knowledge areas

The subject knowledge this occupation draws on, rated by importance.

  • Production and Processing
  • Customer and Personal Service

What qualifications people in this job have

From O*NET's survey of people doing this work. This is what postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.

  • 54%High School Diploma, or the equivalent
  • 33%Less than a High School Diploma
  • 14%Some College Courses

What level this role is pitched at

O*NET places this occupation in “Some Preparation Needed”. These occupations usually require a high school diploma.

Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.

Common questions

What does a Packers and Packagers, Hand do?
Pack or package by hand a wide variety of products and materials. Day to day that includes work like examine and inspect containers, materials, or products to ensure that product quality and packing specifications are met and Measure, weigh, and count products and materials.
What skills should a Packers and Packagers, Hand put on a resume?
O*NET rates Monitoring among the most important skills for this occupation. Name the ones that are genuinely yours and show where you used them. A resume that lists skills you do not have is weaker than one that lists fewer.
What software should a Packers and Packagers, Hand list?
Software recorded for this occupation includes Autodesk AutoCAD, Inventory tracking software, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, and Microsoft Word. Applicant tracking systems match on the exact product name, so write the tool as the posting writes it rather than describing it in general terms.
What other job titles cover Packers and Packagers, Hand work?
O*NET records 40 titles for this occupation, including Bagger, Packager, Packer, and Selector Packer. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.
What qualifications does a Packers and Packagers, Hand need?
In O*NET's survey of people doing this job, 54% reported their level of education as "High School Diploma, or the equivalent". That is what current postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.
Will this resume pass an ATS for a Packers and Packagers, Hand role?
No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer's system is configured, including ours. What you can control is that the resume parses cleanly, names the work in the words the posting uses, and does not claim anything you cannot back up.

Related roles

Occupations O*NET records as closest to this one, and worth looking at if this search is not moving.

What this page cannot tell you

  • No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer’s ATS is configured, including ours.
  • This page makes no claim about pay, demand or how many people hold this job. O*NET does not publish that here and we will not estimate it.
  • Keyword overlap is one input to a resume’s score, not a verdict on you. A resume that names skills you do not have is worse than one that names fewer.

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