Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping
Weigh, measure, and check materials, supplies, and equipment for the purpose of keeping relevant records. Duties are primarily clerical by nature. Includes workers who collect and keep record of samples of products or materials.
Most important skills
- Critical Thinking
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Monitoring
- Active Listening
- Social Perceptiveness
- Coordination
- Service Orientation
Key knowledge
- Production and Processing
- Mathematics
- English Language
- Administration and Management
- Administrative
- Customer and Personal Service
- Computers and Electronics
- Public Safety and Security
What the work involves
- Collect or prepare measurement, weight, or identification labels and attach them to products.
- Document quantity, quality, type, weight, test result data, and value of materials or products to maintain shipping, receiving, and production records and files.
- Weigh or measure materials, equipment, or products to maintain relevant records, using volume meters, scales, rules, or calipers.
- Collect product samples and prepare them for laboratory analysis or testing.
- Signal or instruct other workers to weigh, move, or check products.
- Maintain, monitor, and clean work areas, such as recycling collection sites, drop boxes, counters and windows, and areas around scale houses.
- Examine products or materials, parts, subassemblies, and packaging for damage, defects, or shortages, using specification sheets, gauges, and standards charts.
- Compare product labels, tags, or tickets, shipping manifests, purchase orders, and bills of lading to verify accuracy of shipment contents, quality specifications, or weights.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Conventional, Realistic, Investigative.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) (50% of respondents)
- Related experience
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year (21.1%)
- On-the-job training
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month (39.5%)
- Preparation level
- O*NET job zone 2: Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed
- Licensing
- Not yet verified. Check your state licensing board.
Check before planning
- Licensing for Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping is not yet verified for any state: check the state licensing board before planning.
Limits
- Distributions show what current workers or occupational experts report, not legal minimums.
- Requirements vary by employer and state; time to qualify is not estimated.
Source: O*NET 31.0 Database (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections · dataset 2026.10.8 · method e3-qualification-1.0.0
Work environment
How the typical conditions of this occupation compare with 911 occupations in O*NET (very low = the lowest fifth).
Levels are relative. Most occupations involve a lot of contact with people, for example, so “very low” can still mean regular contact; the last column shows what workers actually reported.
| Condition | Level | Compared with other occupations | Most common answer (O*NET survey) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact with others | Moderate | Higher on contact with others than 53% of occupations compared | 66% of surveyed respondents chose “Constant contact with others” |
| Dealing with the public | Moderate | Lower on dealing with the public than 57% of occupations compared | 40% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Teamwork | Low | Lower on teamwork than 63% of occupations compared | 56% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Freedom to make decisions | Very low | Lower on freedom to make decisions than 87% of occupations compared | 28% of surveyed respondents chose “A lot of freedom” |
| Time pressure | High | Higher on time pressure than 79% of occupations compared | 49% of surveyed respondents chose “Every day” |
| Conflict situations | Moderate | Higher on conflict situations than 52% of occupations compared | — |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | Low | Lower on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 62% of occupations compared | 37% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a month or more but not every week” |
| Consequence of error | Moderate | Higher on consequence of error than 52% of occupations compared | — |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: high
- Conflict situations: moderate
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: low
- Consequence of error: moderate
Each part is shown on its own. There is no combined stress score, and conditions vary by employer and role.
Full answer distributions
Contact with others
- No contact with others: 1.91%
- Occasional contact with others: 5.98%
- Contact with others about half the time: 6.27%
- Contact with others most of the time: 19.74%
- Constant contact with others: 66.1%
n = 31, Incumbent 08/2018
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 32.78%
- Fairly important: 1.93%
- Important: 13.13%
- Very important: 12.62%
- Extremely important: 39.53%
n = 29, Incumbent 08/2018
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 6.17%
- Fairly important: 1.38%
- Important: 24.14%
- Very important: 12.03%
- Extremely important: 56.29%
n = 31, Incumbent 08/2018
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 4.35%
- Very little freedom: 22.84%
- Limited freedom: 17.56%
- Some freedom: 27.08%
- A lot of freedom: 28.17%
n = 31, Incumbent 08/2018
Time pressure
- Never: 5.28%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 1.44%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 4.39%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 39.99%
- Every day: 48.9%
n = 30, Incumbent 08/2018
Conflict situations
- Never: 22.19%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 6.15%
- Once a month or more but not every week: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Once a week or more but not every day: 16.68%
- Every day: 10.55%
n = 31, Incumbent 08/2018
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: 19.1%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 24.59%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 36.56%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 18.98%
- Every day: 0.77%
n = 31, Incumbent 08/2018
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: 12.17%
- Fairly serious: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Serious: 5.66%
- Very serious: 18.21%
- Extremely serious: 23.84%
n = 31, Incumbent 08/2018
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