Furniture Mover

Fort Worth TX

Description

Helping customers at their homes or businesses, movers prepare items for transportation to another destination. While some run their own businesses, movers often work for professional moving companies that service a specific area. On a team with other helpers, they help prepare, load, and unload items, and some also drive the moving truck. Movers work a physically demanding job that requires heavy lifting, and they sometimes work on nights and weekends to meet customers’ requests. Must be able to physically move furniture/boxes/items which may require multiple floors (up stairs/down stairs). Duties/Responsibilities: Pack and Prepare Items At the destination, movers help prepare and pack customers’ items to prevent damage during transit. Their tasks include taking apart furniture, wrapping items in bubble wrap or stretch wrap, putting loose items in boxes and sealed bags, and using straps and cardboard sheets on large items. Load and Unload Items Movers use equipment like dollies and ramps to load customers’ items from their buildings to the moving truck. They arrange items in the truck to fit the load and prevent objects from falling or getting damaged. At the destination, movers take the items off the truck and place them in the location the customer requests. 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 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 keep the moving team and customers informed