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Forklift operator jobs in Carmarthenshire
Carmarthenshire has 150 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, on the most recent business survey. Below are the published figures for the area, and every advert on this site for the role right now.
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Published figures for Carmarthenshire
What the official data says about Carmarthenshire
Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 150 employee jobs in Carmarthenshire, from 71,000 employee jobs across the area.
That count covers whole sites rather than truck types, so counterbalance on the bays, reach in the racking and VNA in the narrow aisles are all inside it, together with the picking most operators also do. Freight, warehousing and courier work together make up 1.35% of employment in Carmarthenshire.
Median full-time pay in Carmarthenshire was £32,982 a year in 2025 across all occupations combined. Forklift work is not published separately at this level, so treat that as area context and read the rate on the advert.
UK Business Counts recorded 15 warehousing and storage sites in Carmarthenshire at the March 2025 reference date. Every one of them is recorded as employing under ten. A site that small runs a truck or two and the operator picks for most of the shift.
Of the warehousing and storage employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Carmarthenshire, 25 are part time, 14.3% of the split. The middle across Wales is 14.5%, so Carmarthenshire sits level with it, 12th of 22 areas on this measure. That is a full-time shift pattern with part-time hours around the edges of it.
Two further counts round out the Carmarthenshire picture: 700 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 105 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.
Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Carmarthenshire ranks 8th of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 690, against 955 in Carmarthenshire. Next to Carmarthenshire in that order sit Monmouthshire at 1,055 and Swansea at 835.
On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, Carmarthenshire ranks 11th of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 15, against 15 in Carmarthenshire. Next to Carmarthenshire in that order sit Bridgend at 15 and Neath Port Talbot at 15.
None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 150 jobs across 15 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Carmarthenshire, and the live list above is what is open now.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 150
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 71,000
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £32,982
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 15
- Warehousing sites employing under 10
- 15
- Part-time share of warehousing and storage jobs
- 14.3%
- Freight, warehousing and courier work, share of all employee jobs
- 1.35%
The forklift operator role
Forklift work is moving pallets safely in a building full of people doing other things. Counterbalance in the yard and on loading bays, reach truck in the racking, VNA in narrow aisles at height.
Forklift operator jobs in Carmarthenshire: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Carmarthenshire?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 700 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Carmarthenshire and 150 in warehousing and storage, spread across 205 freight, warehousing and courier workplaces on the 2025 business register. Those are jobs and workplaces that exist in the area, not jobs being advertised.
What does a forklift operator earn in Carmarthenshire?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Carmarthenshire: earnings are not broken down by occupation at local authority level anywhere in the official statistics, so anybody quoting one has estimated it. What is published is the size of the trade here, 15 warehousing and storage sites, and each of them sets its own rates. Every advert on this page carries its own rate.
Is forklift operator work in Carmarthenshire full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 14.3% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Carmarthenshire, 25 of them. Nothing published says how the live adverts divide, so read the hours on each one.
Do I need experience to apply for forklift operator jobs in Carmarthenshire?
A current forklift certificate for the truck type, such as counterbalance or reach. Employers often accept RTITB or ITSSAR accredited training. No formal school qualifications needed. Each advert in Carmarthenshire sets out what that employer asks for.