At a port, commodity-handling operation, scale house, or institutional weighing function, you handle weighing operations — operating scales, recording weights, supporting weight-based transactions, and the operational work that anchors weight-based commercial activity.
The work runs at a weighing station — operating scales, recording weights into the records system, producing weight documentation, supporting commercial transactions where weight is the basis of settlement. You're often the operational hand on weight records that drive commercial activity between buyers and sellers. Weight accuracy and record-keeping discipline drive performance.
What surprises people new to weighter work is the regulatory weight of weighing records — weights become legal records that get scrutinized in commercial disputes and audits. Variance across employers is wide: at major commodity-handling operations the work runs structured with deep weights-and-measures specialization; at smaller operations it tends to be more cross-functional.
Weighters who do well tend to carry detail-orientation, calm under audit, and disciplined record-keeping. State weighmaster training and NCWM credentials anchor advancement. The trade-off is the back-office invisibility of weighing work when records are clean, balanced against the regulatory exposure of weighing accuracy work.
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View all Admin & Office roles →At a port, commodity-handling operation, scale house, or institutional weighing function, you handle weighing operations — operating scales, recording weights, supporting weight-based transactions, and the operational work that anchors weight-based commercial activity.
Median pay for a Weighter is about $46K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $35K to $60K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Monitoring, Speaking, and Social Perceptiveness.
Most people in this role hold a high school diploma.
Employment in this field is projected to decline about 4.8% through 2034, with roughly 49,720 people working in it today (BLS).
Closely related roles include Inventory Control Specialist, Senior Inventory Control Specialist, and Inventory Specialist.
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