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Your job in Polish

To find a job listing, you need to know what your occupation is called in the posting. Here are 47 manual-labor jobs in Ukrainian and Polish — with notes on what employers expect.

Order picker Warehouse
Kompletant / picker

The most common warehouse job. Often with a scanner; sometimes voice picking.

Packer Warehouse
Pakowacz

Manual or line packing. Experience is usually not required.

Warehouse worker Warehouse
Magazynier

A broader role: receiving, storing, issuing goods. Often requires forklift certification.

Forklift operator Warehouse
Operator wózka widłowego

UDT certification required. Pays noticeably more than a packer.

Pallet truck driver Warehouse
Operator wózka paletowego

A low lift truck ("pallet truck"); simpler than a forklift.

Warehouse keeper Warehouse
Magazynier / kierownik magazynu

With responsibility for inventory — requires language and system work.

Sorter Warehouse
Sortowacz

Often at parcel sorting centers, night shifts.

Production line operator Manufacturing
Operator linii produkcyjnej

The most typical factory job: running the line, quality control.

General laborer Manufacturing
Pracownik produkcji / pomocnik

The easiest entry point, no experience or language needed.

CNC machine operator Manufacturing
Operator CNC

Requires experience and reading technical drawings; one of the better-paid manual trades.

Fitter/locksmith Manufacturing
Ślusarz

Often requires experience and your own tools.

MIG/MAG welder Manufacturing
Spawacz MIG/MAG

Certificates required; pays significantly above average.

TIG welder Manufacturing
Spawacz TIG

The highest rate among welders; verified certification is required.

Mechanic Manufacturing
Mechanik

Equipment maintenance; often requires basic Polish.

Electrician Manufacturing
Elektryk

SEP certification required; without it you'll only be hired as a helper.

Quality controller Manufacturing
Kontroler jakości

Requires attentiveness, sometimes basic Polish for paperwork.

Seamstress Manufacturing
Szwaczka

Experience on an industrial machine is usually required.

Meat deboner Meat plant
Rozbieracz / wykrawacz mięsa

One of the best-paid jobs needing no language; tough conditions, cold.

Slaughterhouse worker Meat plant
Ubojowiec

Work in the slaughter hall; experience is often required.

Meat plant worker Meat plant
Pracownik zakładu mięsnego

A general title: packing, sorting, sanitation.

Bricklayer Construction
Murarz

Real experience is needed; often tested on-site.

Concrete/rebar worker Construction
Betoniarz-zbrojarz

Heavy physical work, pays more than a helper.

Carpenter Construction
Cieśla / stolarz budowlany

Formwork and wooden structures.

Joiner Construction
Stolarz

Furniture and joinery; a separate trade from carpentry.

Painter Construction
Malarz

Often paired with filling/plastering (szpachlowanie).

Plasterer Construction
Tynkarz

Machine plastering pays more than manual.

Tiler Construction
Glazurnik / płytkarz

Quality matters; often piecework pay.

Roofer Construction
Dekarz

Work at height; requires appropriate clearances.

Drywall installer Construction
Monter płyt g-k (suchej zabudowy)

A popular trade in renovation crews.

Plumber Construction
Hydraulik

Requires experience and your own tools.

Construction helper Construction
Pomocnik budowlany

Entry-level, no experience; can grow into a trade.

Housekeeper Hotel / cleaning
Pokojowa

Cleaning rooms; often a quota by number of rooms.

Cleaner Hotel / cleaning
Sprzątacz / pracownik porządkowy

Offices, malls, factories; sometimes night shifts.

Dishwasher Hotel / cleaning
Pomoc kuchenna / zmywak

An entry into food service, no language needed.

Cook Hotel / cleaning
Kucharz

Requires basic Polish and kitchen experience.

Waiter Hotel / cleaning
Kelner

Polish is required — it's guest-facing work.

Laundry/ironing worker Hotel / cleaning
Pracownik pralni / prasowacz

Often at hotels and hospitals.

C+E category driver Transport
Kierowca C+E

Requires a driving license, driver card, and code 95.

Category B driver (courier) Transport
Kierowca kat. B / kurier

Delivering parcels; requires knowing your way around the city.

Freight forwarder Transport
Spedytor

An office role: requires language and computer skills.

Greenhouse worker Agriculture
Pracownik szklarni

Tomatoes, cucumbers, flowers; seasonal peaks.

Fruit/berry picker Agriculture
Zbieracz owoców

Seasonal work, often piecework pay.

Farm worker Agriculture
Pracownik gospodarstwa rolnego

Animal care; the schedule follows the farm's needs.

Milker Agriculture
Dojarz

Requires livestock experience; early shift.

Foreman General
Brygadzista

Leads a team; requires Polish and industry experience.

Shift supervisor General
Mistrz zmiany

The next level up from foreman.

Security guard General
Pracownik ochrony

Often requires a license and legal status permitting this kind of work.

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Why knowing the Polish job title matters

Listings are written in Polish — if you search “skladivnyk,” you simply won't see postings using magazynier. Knowing the right term immediately opens up ten times more listings and helps you talk to recruiters more precisely.

The second thing worth watching for is the requirements hidden in the title. “Operator wózka widłowego” almost always means UDT certification, “spawacz TIG” means verified certificates, and “pomocnik” means no experience needed. So the same field can have rates that differ twofold.

What this means in practice

  • Search for jobs using the Polish title — you'll get far more results.
  • Check the rate for your category to see whether you're being offered below market.
  • If you hold certificates (UDT, SEP, welding), mention them right away — it's a different rate.

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