Store Order Clerks
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Job description
These individuals package customer purchases and fill postal and telephone orders. They put prices on products and stock shelves. They are employed in retail establishments (grocery stores, hardware stores, department stores) and warehouses.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Climatic conditions
- Uncontrolled ambient temperature
Main tasks
- Pack customer purchases, prepare packages for delivery, and fill postal orders from the warehouse.
- Unpack, count, weigh, sort, and record goods received and price them according to a list.
- Fill the shelves, islands, and displays.
- Attach protective devices to products to prevent shoplifting.
- Fetch products from shelves or warehouse as requested by customers.
- Help customers find the location of products they are looking for.
- Bring purchases to the parking lot and store them in the customer vehicles.
- Perform general cleaning tasks as required.
- Order merchandise, as required.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.- Minimum
- $16.10
- Median
- $16.10
- Maximum
- $21.00
Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Very good
All of Québec
Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
59,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 32.4% Female
- 67.6% Male
Not available.
- 32.4% Female
- 67.6% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
$31,600
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 44, 4590% of jobs
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NAICS 413% of jobs
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NAICS 311, 3121% of jobs
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NAICS 55, 561% of jobs
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NAICS 48, 491% of jobs
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Others4% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 44, 4590% of jobs
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NAICS 413% of jobs
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NAICS 311, 3121% of jobs
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NAICS 55, 561% of jobs
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NAICS 48, 491% of jobs
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Others4% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
No specific training
Sometimes required
- Some high school education usually required.
- A forklift operator competency card may be required or an asset.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Oral expression
- Active listening
- Service oriented
- Information processing
- Coordination
Abilities
- Verbal skills
- Speech clarity
- Classification
- Oral comprehension
- Core strength
- Information organization
- Near vision
- Static muscle power
- Deductive reasoning
- Inductive reasoning
- Speech recognition
- Awareness of issues
Knowledge and attributes
- Focussed on results
- Autonomy
- Knowledge of customer and personalized services
- Capacity to work in a team
- Sense of initiative
- Respect standards and regulations
- Friendliness
- Sense of observation
- Commitment to quality
- Spoken bilingualism (French and English)
- Timeliness
Interests
- Work in sales or client service
- Collect, verify, sort, and classify data or information
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
Official name of the NOC 65102
Store shelf stockers, clerks and order fillers
Job titles
- Supermarket produce clerk
- Supermarket clerk
- Stockroom clerk - retail
- Grocery clerk
- Grocery packer
- Meat cutter helper - supermarket
- Bakery assistant - food store
- Meat department assistant - supermarket
- Bag clerk
- Produce clerk
- Price clerk - retail
- Stock clerk - retail
- Floor clerk - retail
- Hand packer - food store
- Meat wrapper - grocery store
- Price marker - supermarket
- Garment price marker
- Retail shelf stocker
- Shelf stocker - supermarket
- Order picker
- Fulfillment associate
- Stock handler - food store
- Price checker - grocery store
Skill type
Sales and service
Last update: January 29, 2026
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