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How to Hand Wrap a Pallet

Knowing how to effectively hand wrap a pallet is a useful skill that will help improve your performance in the warehouse. Many warehouses have wrap machines that do the work for you. However, these machines don’t work sometimes and can…

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5 Best Back Braces for Warehouse Workers

As a warehouse worker, I deal with literal back breaking work every day. Here are a few reasons that, in my experience, cause back pain while working in a warehouse: lifting heavy items such as products and wooden pallets bending,…

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PPE for Warehouse Workers: A Comprehensive Guide

Personal protective equipment protects warehouse workers from work related injury. Some PPE is compulsory for all warehouse workers (e.g. steel-toe boots) while other types depend on the specific warehouse job (e.g. hard hats and safety glasses for maintenance crews). To…

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How to Become a Warehouse Manager

A warehouse manager is in charge of the entire facility. Duties of a warehouse manager mainly concern overseeing the operations of the facility including the staff, stock, security, documentation and equipment. Requirements Here are a few prerequisites that will improve…

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Why Warehouse Work is Good for Fitness

It’s no secret that you can get a good workout out of physical jobs. Warehouse work is especially good for this since it involves a lot of movement and lifting. In the years I have worked in this industry, I…

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7 Best Gloves for Warehouse Work

Most warehouses and distribution centers provide free PPE such as gloves, high visibility vests and masks on a regular basis. However, sometimes these may not be readily available or might be of poor quality. In this article, I go through…

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5 Ways to Move Up in a Warehouse

Moving up in a warehouse can be difficult since entry level jobs are usually in a lot of demand. This makes the employer not very invested in employees’ career growth as they are seen as replaceable. Having said that, it…