How to become a railway or Road vehicle loader

Official title: Railway/Road vehicle loader

Also called: Goods loader (lorry), Goods loader (railway and road vehicles), Lorry loader, Rail car loader, Railway and road vehicle loader, Railway loader, Road vehicle loader, Truck loader, Van loader, Ÿ Lorry loader, Ÿ Railway loader, Ÿ Truck loader

Railway/Road vehicle loader loads and unloads goods carried in trucks, wagons and other vehicles by hand, using hand trucks, skids, bars jacks and similar equipment. He/she also stows articles to form a compact load and to avoid damage in transit and facilitate unloading. He/she may secure loads with ropes or other fastenings, place padding on articles to prevent breakage and secure wagon covers.

Main tasks

• Carrying goods to be loaded on or unloaded from vans, trucks, wagons, ships, or aircraft
• Sorting cargo prior to loading and unloading

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

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Questions people ask

Will AI change the work of a railway or Road vehicle loader?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026