A bagger is primarily responsible for efficiently packaging customer-purchased items into bags, often at a grocery store checkout, while also ensuring fragile items are handled carefully and heavy ones are placed appropriately. Key duties include maintaining a clean bagging area, assisting customers by carrying their groceries to their vehicles upon request, and performing related tasks like returning shopping carts and stocking shelves. 

Typical Responsibilities:

• Bagging Groceries: Sorting and placing merchandise into paper, plastic, or reusable bags. 
• Item Handling: Taking extra precautions for fragile items, ensuring they are bagged separately from heavy ones. 
• Customer Service: Assisting customers by carrying bagged groceries to their vehicles. 
• Workstation Maintenance: Keeping the bagging area and surrounding areas neat and tidy. 
• Store Operations: Retrieving shopping carts from parking lots and returning them to the store. 
• Inventory and Stocking: Monitoring inventories and organizing product shelves as needed. 
• Communication: Interacting with cashiers and customers in a friendly and professional manner. 

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Attention to Detail: Necessary for proper item placement, fragile item handling, and maintaining cleanliness. 
• Customer Service: A friendly and positive attitude is important for assisting customers. 
• Multitasking: Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment. 
• Physical Requirements: Ability to stand for long periods and lift items up to 25 pounds. 
• Flexibility: Willingness to work weekends, holidays, and various shifts as needed. 
• Education: A high school diploma or equivalent is often required.