Mover Duties and Responsibilities

• Drive box trucks to and from jobs as needed 

• Pack and Prepare Items

• Load and Unload Items

• Take Inventory

• Handle Customer Requests

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Mover Skills and Qualifications
An attention to detail and knowledge of proper packaging, loading, and unloading processes help movers successfully assist their customers. In addition to preferring candidates with a high school education and driving skills, companies look for movers with the following skill set:

• No experience needed
• Driver license and have experience driving box trucks or U-Haul or will train
• Quick-learner
• Good qualities **
• Punctuality**

• Physical ability – lifting, loading, and unloading heavy boxes and items like furniture and pianos require a lot of physical strength and endurance
• Customer service – movers have a key role in customer service since they need to follow their customers’ requests, answer their questions, and sometimes defuse situations with dissatisfied customers
• Teamwork – movers usually do not work alone and need to interact with a driver and other movers to effectively complete each job assignment
• Organization skills – they use their organizational skills to plan how to best pack items and arrange them in the moving truck
• Communication skills – creating inventory reports requires movers to have good writing and verbal communication skills help them keep the moving team and customers informed

Tools of the Trade
Movers use these tools in their work:

• Lifting equipment (dollies, ramps, pallet jacks)
• Hand tools (screwdrivers, wrenches, drill)
• Packing supplies (tape, ropes, straps)