If you really have to do this job, please remember to always use proper lifting technique, have good pair of shoes/boots with insoles, good gear, interlocked your pallets wisely, heavy items on the outside, small light boxes in the middle (if possible, otherwise interlock and evenly build your pallet) and watch out the way you build your pallet so that as you build your pallet up, there is no weak areas which could cause your pallet to fall or be weak. Personally, I don't recommend this job as a long term thing because of how back breaking it is but it's ok for the money now a days.
I was thinking the same thing seeing how they move and all that. Does not matter how fit you are, heck they said lift 100 pounds in freezing temps, I though to myself, sounds like an injury waiting to happen, oh well. It is what it is.
Hey man just wanna say I stayed up until 2am watching this video because it was my first day building pallets at my job. I was extremely nervous and didn’t wanna go in because I thought I’d have a terrible day. Took what you said in this video, believed in myself and KILLED it today. People were complimenting my pallets all day!!! Even I was surprised every time one came out how I wanted!! Thank you!!!
Thanks man. Your videos are super helpful. My trainer is awesome. My last training day is tomorrow and I go in the freezer for the first time. I’m going through all of your videos.
@@TheWarehouseSeries if an order with different boxes as if we were selecting in a werahouse juices potatoes strawberries grapes from different boxes see the stabling of each box
I’ve been at this job for 3 weeks my stacking have been terrible and frustrated. But now I feel so much better after watching this video.Thank you so much you is a life saver.
I'm looking this up because at my job you got to be at 100 % as a case picker I'm at 85 % been there 5 months I'm trying .. I even downloaded Tetris to see if it would help. And if you pick faster than 100 you get paid incentive up to 9 dollars more an hour
How would one start with bigger orders when they are for examlle at the other corner of the warehouse and the smaller ones are near? Do you suggest to go around the entire warehouse and start make the base with bigger ones? Are the bigger ones naturally the first ones which the order picker can take?
Your warehouse "should " be set up to pick bigger / heavier cases first. I would have to chat back and forth with you to get a better idea of the set up. It also depends if your warehouse has the time in your order to go get bigger cases first.
Just got on the job I have previous warehouse experience as a lumper. I am selecting in the dry side gets a little tricky with the big boxes of plates and cups etc
I'm guessing since they're bigger boxes you have no room left? I will say that once you learn to build you will naturally have room. Newer selectors do not use all the space provided. For now I would take a few minutes to move some cases around to make them fit.
@@TheWarehouseSeries I’m also having problems with my pallet leaning one way. I take care of all 4 corners as I go but there is still one case leaning against another but I have no choice to put it there because it won’t fit anywhere else
Hit nail on the head,I’ve been in the business over 20 years and I try to help and the guys like I do it this way,I’m like that’s why you’re not close to minimum.
Thank you for this video. I am on my 2nd week on my own as a Trainee and Building the Pallet nice is the hardest part for me! I haven't Dumped one yet or been called back to rebuild but I just feel like every time a trainer walks by he looks at my build like wTF! 🤣 I will definitely be taking this tips in tomorrow night!
Great tips for beginners man. I wish I would have something like this when I started 20 years ago lol. I would have save myself a whole lot of time. Anyone who’s watching this, he’s dead on definitely use this video as a tutor! 👍🏾
The way our warehouse is set up the pick path doesn’t make sense to me, you pick little stuff then giant stuff so it’s almost impossible to get a good base then my boss tells me no time is given to rebuild your pallet so I’m at a loss 🤷🏻♀️
I've been a warehouseman for over 18 years. I am currently a selector trainer at a distribution center that handles produce dairy and meat and I agree with everything this man says.
oh wow yall only go up to 2 pallets? we go up to 7 and our max cube per pallet is 80 and the higher pallet orders (olive garden for us) our time is reduced for it so our pick rate is 175 cases a hour but on the bigger orders they want us to do around 230 in a hour
I see y’all do the produce orders different. We stack the potatoes first for our base and then put a doubler on them to put the bananas or other cases on them. Sometimes we can luck up and scoop the bananas. Stacking those potatoes on top is hard work 😓. But love the video Tim. Keep up the great work!!
I may be doing this job, not sure what they will have me doing but I am coming from UPS loading trailers (worked there years ago). Getting use to the products dimensions was key. Some just wont fit into your scheme.. but certain businesses made boxes that ALL fit together in some way. These are great tips to build confidence in pallet building. Thanks!
Where I work, the problem of getting better at pallet-building is there is no reward (as in, no pay increase). And, when you make improvements with skid building the company just expects a higher standard (increased production) from you. ... And, considering that most grocery store customers have wage-earning-employees, most of the customers don't even appreciate how beautiful the built pallets look. I'm not being cynical. Its a serious problem. There is no incentive to build better. "Quick and smashed together" is my strategy, because all our warehouse watches is our stats, as in lines/ hour. You don't score points for building a beautiful work of art. I build big and heavy corners too. Our warehouse of grocery store packaging products is set up with aisles heaviest to lightest. We drive Raymond Order Pickers that elevate 30 feet. We have to pick up in the air, tied off with a harness.
I work for ADUSA in North Carolina it’s my first time selecting. I work with the produce. Grapes strawberries cold drinks. I got the speed I just can get the stack together is there anything you can help me with
Go to my Playlist, although all my case selection videos will help there is a Playlist with perishable in title. Those videos may help. Grapes and strawberries you want to column stack (stack straight up). Just like they are on the pallet you're picking from. If you join Discord you can send me pics of your work if you're allowed
Great and fully understanding. A few things I've done, which I learned from. Ocean spray juices and flour. I keep these things in the middle. Bad experiences but yes your cross image is too accurate.
I’m considering applying for the job with a company. This was so helpful. I’ve been doing a lot of research. Also what encouragement do you have for me as I already work in Amazon warehouse and tough it through on my ankle that’s 11 months post op after I broke it last year. I still have plate and screws at the moment and it throbs at times and I limp sometimes but I take medicine and I walk the large warehouse and we palletize so I’m super familiar with already stacking and interlocking and keeping the corners etc. if I was not injured I know I would be a top selector after getting used to it. I’m just trying to make money for my kids an I so I won’t be homeless anymore.
Biggest downfall to selection is it beats up the body, so if you do Select and the ankle is bothering you I wouldn't push it. I hope everything works out for you and your kids. If you do get a selector position please ask any questions, I'm happy to help
Thank you so much, I go back tomorrow after being out for awhile and now I am genuinely excited to practice these techniques in the morning because I know they are going to improve the quality of my pallets TREMENDOUSLY. Thank you so much!
I work for medical warehouse and struggle to build a pallet based off what’s on the order. Not the same size boxes. Frustrated with building. Touching boxes more than once affects my time
@@TheWarehouseSeries yeah I have a good idea who to ask. We use the Jennifer system and what gets me is when during my assignment Jennifer would ask to pick like items that are heavy which I would have to rebuild because I have light boxes already on pallet. Or i would get big boxes. Which I have to re-touch boxes. But I did use your method where I had different size boxes picked.
With my luck, they would give me half a pallet of bread, followed by 20 watermelons, then to top it off, nice square boxes of canned food. How do you deal with the pallet when the product gets delivered to you like that?
Come to Discord and get help from others as well as me. There may be someone who works with you over there or at the same company. My response would be to keep watching my videos
Yo Tim. Man I really appreciate you making this video. I’m about to start next week in the freezer bro and I have no experience at all. Plus, I’m 42 but in decent athletic shape. Keep ‘em coming bro for I’m definitely learning from you.
Thank you so much. I'm starting a job tomorrow without any experience. Good information. I may have some questions later. Great job relating your experience.. good technical info.
freezer selector here. we only have 2 customers and they're fast food restaurants, easy right? Can you make a video about getting faster. im frustrated maxing out around 300-320 an hour, and that's when I'm running full speed. were on a label system. I stick and pick, stacking is good, build efficiently, ect. great basics. However someone twice my age just runs that bitch. his normal pace is 300+ an hour. He'll his 400-500/h a lot. i just want to know how to get to that level.
I appreciate your comment but its hard to say exactly what to do. I wouldn't know what it's like to throw in a freezer. My honest opinion I would say that it takes a certain person to throw in sub zero conditions. Are you making your times at 300+ cases?
You're probably just not efficient at all. I'm a top dog at my DC and I just do shit better than a lot of people. I don't sweat at a 200% which is around 600cph. Your boy is slow.
I just applied for a order selector I know a lot of guys that do it. Do they train you? I have Warehouse experience, fork truck, order picker, reach truck.. This experience comes from Lowes and Home Depot. During my time there for two years in the receiving department.
@@TheWarehouseSeries same for woolworths dc it was 3 days training and the trainer stacked most of the orders himself and barely gave me any advice on proper stacking practices
We do not zone at our warehouse but if you join Discord they talk about it over there. Over 200 people from around the world helping each other make it
Honestly 99% of people who apply for warehouse selecting will probably get the job because it's a position that needs filled all the time. Just remember going in that you may work any position and anywhere from 8 to 12 hours a day.
I think he meant to write *weaker*. If you know you’re gonna have bigger boxes later in your order, put the smaller/lighter boxes on the forks till find a solid spot for them. A spot for them is guaranteed to open up.
It all depends on how many minutes you were selecting that week. I would ask one of the selectors that been there awhile to show you how to keep track of your minutes. I would imagine it's similar to ours but it may not be
