Forklift Driver Jobs in Australia

Forklift drivers are in demand by the freight transport, import and export, as well as manufacturing industries. Where large volumes of loads need to be transported, loaded or moved, a forklift is the only answer. And experienced forklift drivers are in high demand – loading and offloading high volumes of costly materials, cannot be done with any risks involved. The successful forklift driver has a good working knowledge of safety around the yard, warehouse or manufacturing site and excellent knowledge of the forklift used. Detailed job descriptions can vary according to forklift type to be used – i.e. the warehousing industry requires picking and ordering tasks whereas the transporting industry require solely loading and offloading tasks. Forklift drivers work on average a 40-hour week, but this may increase of the yard or factory is running on a deadline with increased work. The job of a forklift driver requires physical fitness and a moderate ability to physically lift items.

22% of current opportunities are permanent, whereas 78% are contract jobs.

The largest category under which open Forklift Driver jobs are listed is Logistics & Warehouse Jobs, followed by Manufacturing Jobs.

58 new job listings for this search have been found in the last calendar day, compared with 145 in the last 72 hours and 282 in the last week.

The average salary for open Forklift Driver jobs is currently $51,462, 43% lower than the national average salary for all jobs which is $89,949.

The Adzuna recency index score for this search is 1.20, suggesting that demand for Forklift Driver job vacancies in Australia is increasing.