# Packers and Packagers, Hand

> Pack or package by hand a wide variety of products and materials.
- **Entity Type:** role
- **Schema Version:** role.v1
- **Soc Code:** 53-7064.00
- **Summary:** Pack or package by hand a wide variety of products and materials.

## Aliases

- Bagger
- Packager
- Packer
- Selector Packer
- Crater
- Mini Shifter
- Pack Out Operator
- Packaging Specialist
- Picker and Packer
- Sacker
- Agricultural Produce Packer
- Ampoule Sealer

## Tasks

| Text | Type | Iwa |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Examine and inspect containers, materials, or products to ensure that product quality and packing specifications are met. | Core | 4.A.1.a.2.b |
| Measure, weigh, and count products and materials. | Core | 4.A.1.b.3.a |
| Remove completed or defective products or materials, placing them on moving equipment, such as conveyors, or in specified areas, such as loading docks. | Supplemental | 4.A.3.a.1.e |
| Record product, packaging, and order information on specified forms and records. | Core | 4.A.3.b.6.h |
| Seal containers or materials, using glues, fasteners, nails, and hand tools. | Core | 4.A.3.a.2.at |
| Assemble, line, and pad cartons, crates, and containers, using hand tools. | Core | 4.A.3.a.2.at |
| Obtain, move, and sort products, materials, containers, and orders, using hand tools. | Core | 4.A.2.a.2.b |
| Place or pour products or materials into containers, using hand tools and equipment, or fill containers from spouts or chutes. | Supplemental | 4.A.3.a.1.f |
| Mark and label containers, container tags, or products, using marking tools. | Core | 4.A.1.b.1.a |
| Load materials and products into package processing equipment. | Supplemental | 4.A.3.a.1.f |
| Transport packages to customers' vehicles. | Supplemental | 4.A.3.a.1.j |
| Clean containers, materials, supplies, or work areas, using cleaning solutions and hand tools. | Core | 4.A.3.a.1.c |

## Emerging Tasks


## Activities

| Name | Iwa |
| --- | --- |
| Inspect cargo to ensure it is properly loaded or secured. | 4.A.1.a.2.b |
| Inspect work to ensure standards are met. | 4.A.1.b.2.f |
| Mark materials or objects for identification. | 4.A.1.b.1.a |
| Measure product or material dimensions. | 4.A.1.b.3.a |
| Weigh materials to ensure compliance with specifications. | 4.A.1.b.3.a |
| Record details of deliveries or shipments. | 4.A.3.b.6.h |
| Remove debris or damaged materials. | 4.A.3.a.1.e |
| Move materials, equipment, or supplies. | 4.A.3.a.1.j |
| Set up material handling gear or equipment, such as rigging, packaging, or temporary structures. | 4.A.3.a.2.at |
| Load materials into equipment for processing. | 4.A.3.a.1.f |
| Clean facilities or work areas. | 4.A.3.a.1.c |
| Sort materials or objects for processing or transport. | 4.A.2.a.2.b |

## Capabilities

| Name | Family | Value |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Production and Processing | knowledge | 3.97 |
| Near Vision | ability | 3.25 |
| Customer and Personal Service | knowledge | 3.2 |
| Problem Sensitivity | ability | 3.12 |
| Trunk Strength | ability | 3.12 |
| Monitoring | essential_skill | 3 |
| Oral Comprehension | ability | 3 |
| Manual Dexterity | ability | 3 |
| Multilimb Coordination | ability | 3 |
| Static Strength | ability | 3 |
| Speech Recognition | ability | 3 |
| English Language | knowledge | 2.98 |
| Oral Expression | ability | 2.88 |
| Administrative | knowledge | 2.79 |
| Active Listening | essential_skill | 2.75 |
| Critical Thinking | essential_skill | 2.75 |
| Information Ordering | ability | 2.75 |
| Selective Attention | ability | 2.75 |
| Arm-Hand Steadiness | ability | 2.75 |
| Finger Dexterity | ability | 2.75 |
| Extent Flexibility | ability | 2.75 |
| Mathematics | knowledge | 2.73 |
| Public Safety and Security | knowledge | 2.7 |
| Mechanical | knowledge | 2.63 |
| Reading Comprehension | essential_skill | 2.62 |
| Speaking | essential_skill | 2.62 |
| Coordination | transferable_skill | 2.62 |
| Deductive Reasoning | ability | 2.62 |
| Speech Clarity | ability | 2.62 |
| Computers and Electronics | knowledge | 2.56 |
| Inductive Reasoning | ability | 2.5 |
| Dynamic Strength | ability | 2.5 |
| Stamina | ability | 2.5 |
| Depth Perception | ability | 2.5 |
| Chemistry | knowledge | 2.45 |
| Category Flexibility | ability | 2.38 |
| Perceptual Speed | ability | 2.38 |
| Control Precision | ability | 2.38 |
| Transportation | knowledge | 2.36 |
| Building and Construction | knowledge | 2.31 |

## Skills

| Name | Type |
| --- | --- |
| Speech Recognition | Specialized Skill |
| Microsoft Word | Common Skill |
| Microsoft Excel | Common Skill |
| English Language | Common Skill |
| Information Ordering | Specialized Skill |
| Finger Dexterity | Common Skill |
| Critical Thinking | Common Skill |
| Active Listening | Common Skill |
| Mathematics | Common Skill |
| Reading Comprehension | Common Skill |
| Deductive Reasoning | Common Skill |
| Inductive Reasoning | Common Skill |
| Depth Perception | Common Skill |
| Chemistry | Specialized Skill |
| Visualization | Specialized Skill |
| Time Management | Common Skill |
| Social Perceptiveness | Common Skill |
| Active Learning | Common Skill |
| Writing | Common Skill |
| Learning Strategies | Specialized Skill |
| Complex Problem Solving | Common Skill |
| Psychology | Specialized Skill |
| Systems Analysis | Specialized Skill |
| Instructing | Specialized Skill |
| Telecommunications | Specialized Skill |
| Foreign Language | Common Skill |
| Physics | Specialized Skill |
| Negotiation | Common Skill |
| Equipment Selection | Specialized Skill |
| Geography | Specialized Skill |
| Biology | Specialized Skill |
| Equipment Maintenance | Specialized Skill |
| Installation | Specialized Skill |

## Tools

| Example | Category | Hot | In Demand |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Autodesk AutoCAD | Computer aided design CAD software | yes | no |
| Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | yes | no |
| Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | yes | no |
| Microsoft Word | Word processing software | yes | no |
| SAP software | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | yes | no |
| Inventory tracking software | Inventory management software | no | no |

## Work Context

| Name | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams | 4.56 |
| Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | 4.38 |
| Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | 4.32 |
| Spend Time Standing | 4.27 |
| Contact With Others | 4.26 |
| Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | 4.26 |
| Time Pressure | 4.22 |
| Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | 4.06 |
| Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team | 4.03 |
| Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | 3.88 |
| Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | 3.87 |
| Exposed to Contaminants | 3.69 |
| Health and Safety of Other Workers | 3.65 |
| Coordinate or Lead Others in Accomplishing Work Activities | 3.64 |
| Frequency of Decision Making | 3.63 |
| Work Outcomes and Results of Other Workers | 3.59 |
| Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals | 3.36 |
| Spend Time Bending or Twisting Your Body | 3.34 |
| Physical Proximity | 3.33 |
| Exposed to Sounds, Noise Levels that are Distracting or Uncomfortable | 3.33 |
| E-Mail | 3.32 |
| Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | 3.3 |
| Freedom to Make Decisions | 3.24 |
| Spend Time Walking or Running | 3.21 |
| Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | 3.11 |
| Telephone Conversations | 3.05 |
| Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | 3.04 |
| Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment | 3.04 |
| Level of Competition | 2.97 |
| Exposed to Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | 2.96 |
| Deal With External Customers or the Public in General | 2.69 |
| Consequence of Error | 2.58 |
| Written Letters and Memos | 2.4 |
| Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | 2.31 |
| Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling | 2.31 |
| Dealing With Unpleasant, Angry, or Discourteous People | 2.19 |
| Wear Specialized Protective or Safety Equipment such as Breathing Apparatus, Safety Harness, Full Protection Suits, or Radiation Protection | 2.13 |
| Degree of Automation | 2.12 |
| Exposed to Hazardous Conditions | 2.04 |
| Conflict Situations | 1.93 |

## Preparation

- **Job Zone:** 2
- **Job Zone Name:** Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed
- **Education:** Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
- **Experience:** Some occupations may need little or no previous experience; others require several months to a year of experience. For example, landscaping and groundskeeping workers might require very little training or previous experience, while agricultural equipment operators can benefit from on-the job training.
- **Svp Range:** (Below 6.0)

### Education Distribution

| Label | Percentage |
| --- | --- |
| High School Diploma | 53.78 |
| Less than a High School Diploma | 32.52 |
| Some College Courses | 13.7 |

## Person Fit

| Name | Family | Value |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Realistic | career_interest_type | 5.59 |
| Conventional | career_interest_type | 5.41 |
| Physical/Manual Labor | specific_interest_area | 5.16 |
| Enterprising | career_interest_type | 2.27 |
| Attention to Detail | work_style | 2.11 |
| Dependability | work_style | 2.06 |
| Transportation/Machine Operation | specific_interest_area | 2 |
| Artistic | career_interest_type | 1.5 |
| Social | career_interest_type | 1.39 |
| Investigative | career_interest_type | 1.34 |
| Agriculture | specific_interest_area | 1.34 |
| Culinary Art | specific_interest_area | 1.31 |
| Construction/Woodwork | specific_interest_area | 1.28 |
| Accounting | specific_interest_area | 1.2 |
| Personal Service | specific_interest_area | 1.18 |
| Cautiousness | work_style | 1.17 |

## Related Roles

| Soc Code | Slug | Title | Tier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 51-9111.00 | role-51-9111-00 | Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders | Primary-Short |
| 53-7063.00 | role-53-7063-00 | Machine Feeders and Offbearers | Primary-Short |
| 45-2041.00 | role-45-2041-00 | Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products | Primary-Short |
| 51-9191.00 | role-51-9191-00 | Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders | Primary-Short |
| 51-9032.00 | role-51-9032-00 | Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | Primary-Short |
| 53-7062.00 | role-53-7062-00 | Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand | Primary-Long |
| 51-9196.00 | role-51-9196-00 | Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | Primary-Long |
| 51-9031.00 | role-51-9031-00 | Cutters and Trimmers, Hand | Primary-Long |
| 43-5111.00 | role-43-5111-00 | Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | Primary-Long |
| 51-9198.00 | role-51-9198-00 | Helpers--Production Workers | Primary-Long |
| 51-9041.00 | role-51-9041-00 | Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | Supplemental |
| 51-9195.00 | role-51-9195-00 | Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic | Supplemental |

## Career Clusters

| Cluster | Slug |
| --- | --- |
| Supply Chain & Transportation | supply-chain-transportation |

## Education Level

- **Category:** No formal educational credential

## Study Programs


## Market

- **Median Wage:** 35580
- **Mean Wage:** 36600
- **Pct10Wage:** 27050
- **Pct25Wage:** 31470
- **Pct75Wage:** 40960
- **Pct90Wage:** 46260
- **Employment:** 601440
- **Area Title:** U.S.

## Industries


### Top

| Naics | Slug | Title | Level | Employment | Median Wage | Lq |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 44-45 | 44-45 | Retail Trade | Sector | 155140 | 33370 | 2.55 |
| 31-33 | 31-33 | Manufacturing | Sector | 141580 | 36570 | 2.84 |
| 56 | 56 | Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services | Sector | 121310 | 33460 | 3.44 |
| 561320 | 561320 | Temporary Help Services | National industry | 97670 | 33430 | 9.45 |
| 48-49 | 48-49 | Transportation and Warehousing | Sector | 89890 | 43170 | 3.12 |
| 42 | 42 | Wholesale Trade | Sector | 53620 | 36630 | 2.28 |
| 11 | 11 | Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting | Sector | 22020 | 34330 | 13.33 |
| 72 | 72 | Accommodation and Food Services | Sector | 4250 | 39090 | 0.08 |
| 54 | 54 | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | Sector | 4220 | 34750 | 0.1 |
| 62 | 62 | Health Care and Social Assistance | Sector | 3180 | 32380 | 0.04 |
| 55 | 55 | Management of Companies and Enterprises | Sector | 2360 | 33850 | 0.22 |
| 81 | 81 | Other Services (except Public Administration) | Sector | 1840 | 35150 | 0.11 |

### Concentrated

| Naics | Slug | Title | Level | Employment | Lq |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11 | 11 | Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting | Sector | 22020 | 13.33 |
| 561320 | 561320 | Temporary Help Services | National industry | 97670 | 9.45 |
| 56 | 56 | Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services | Sector | 121310 | 3.44 |
| 48-49 | 48-49 | Transportation and Warehousing | Sector | 89890 | 3.12 |
| 31-33 | 31-33 | Manufacturing | Sector | 141580 | 2.84 |
| 44-45 | 44-45 | Retail Trade | Sector | 155140 | 2.55 |
| 42 | 42 | Wholesale Trade | Sector | 53620 | 2.28 |
| 339910 | 339910 | Jewelry and Silverware Manufacturing | National industry | 150 | 1.93 |
- **Count:** 26

## Ai Signals

| Source | Label | Score | Scale | Release |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| frey_osborne | Computerization probability | 0.38 | 0-1 probability | 2013-baseline-2016-employment-snapshot |
| felten_aioe | AI occupational exposure | -1.51362 | relative exposure score | 2021-plus-generative-ai-workbooks |
| felten_image_generation_aioe | Image generation occupational exposure | -2.100734 | relative exposure score | 2021-plus-generative-ai-workbooks |
| felten_language_modeling_aioe | Language modeling occupational exposure | -1.193372 | relative exposure score | 2021-plus-generative-ai-workbooks |

## Ai Outlook


### Index

- **Value:** 12
- **Percentile:** 8
- **Band:** Low
- **Version:** ai-exposure-index-v1

#### Components

| Percentile | Source |
| --- | --- |
| 5 | felten_aioe |
| 14 | openai_gpts_are_gpts |
| 18 | microsoft_working_with_ai |
- **Component Count:** 3

### Exposure

| Source | Label | Value | Percentile | Band | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| felten_aioe | Overall AI exposure (Felten et al.) | -1.51362 | 5 | Low | How much this job's abilities overlap with what AI systems can do, across many AI capabilities. A relative research score, not a forecast of job loss. |
| eloundou_gamma | LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou) | 0.1 | 14 | Low | Share of this job's tasks where a large language model plus simple tools could cut the time to do them by at least half. γ is capped at 1.0 and many jobs reach that ceiling, so treat a top score as 'in the top group', not a precise rank. |
| microsoft_applicability | AI assistant applicability (Microsoft) | 0.06972382391305965 | 18 | Low | How applicable today's AI assistants are to this job's activities, measured from real Microsoft Copilot conversations. Applicability is not the same as replacement. |

### Frey Historical

- **Source:** frey
- **Label:** Computerization probability (Frey & Osborne, 2013)
- **Value:** 0.38
- **Percentile:** 43
- **Band:** Moderate
- **Note:** A pre-LLM (2013) estimate of how automatable this job is by computerization and robotics. Shown for historical context only — it is not part of any current AI ranking.
- **Teleworkable:** no

### Eloundou

- **Alpha:** 0.1
- **Beta:** 0.1
- **Gamma:** 0.1

### Usage Tasks


### Bls

- **Growth Percent:** -5.4
- **Growth Percentile:** 12
- **Direction:** Declining
- **Annual Openings Thousands:** 74
- **Annual Openings Percentile:** 92
- **Employment2024Thousands:** 591.8
- **Employment2034Thousands:** 559.7

### Sources

| Source | Version |
| --- | --- |
| bls_employment_projections | 2024-2034 |
| dingel_neiman | dingel-neiman-workathome |
| felten_aioe | felten-raj-seamans-aioe |
| frey_osborne | frey-osborne-automation |
| microsoft_working_with_ai | working-with-ai |
| openai_gpts_are_gpts | gpts-are-gpts |

## Counts

- **Tasks:** 12
- **Skills:** 33
- **Capabilities:** 120
- **Tools:** 6
- **Related Roles:** 20

## Source

- **Dataset:** gold.onet_role_starter_surface
- **Version:** 30.3
- **Generated At:** 2026-06-02T21:00:32.945303+00:00
- **Content Hash:** 6d25733d03cd5b31