diff --git a/src/Spork/AbstractJob.php b/src/Spork/AbstractJob.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbdab88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Spork/AbstractJob.php
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Spork;
+
+use Spork\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException;
+
+abstract class AbstractJob
+{
+    protected $manager;
+    protected $data;
+    protected $name;
+    protected $callback;
+
+    public function __construct(ProcessManager $manager, $data = null)
+    {
+        $this->manager = $manager;
+        $this->data = $data;
+        $this->name = '<anonymous>';
+    }
+
+    public function setName($name)
+    {
+        $this->name = $name;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    public function setData($data)
+    {
+        $this->data = $data;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    public function setCallback($callback)
+    {
+        if (!is_callable($callback)) {
+            throw new UnexpectedTypeException($callback, 'callable');
+        }
+
+        $this->callback = $callback;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    public function execute($callback = null)
+    {
+        if (null !== $callback) {
+            $this->setCallback($callback);
+        }
+
+        return $this->manager->fork($this)->setName($this->name);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Runs in a child process.
+     *
+     * @see execute()
+     */
+    abstract public function __invoke();
+
+}
diff --git a/src/Spork/Batch/BatchJob.php b/src/Spork/Batch/BatchJob.php
index 3e05f02..5629247 100644
--- a/src/Spork/Batch/BatchJob.php
+++ b/src/Spork/Batch/BatchJob.php
@@ -14,29 +14,17 @@
 use Spork\Batch\Strategy\ChunkStrategy;
 use Spork\Batch\Strategy\StrategyInterface;
 use Spork\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException;
+use Spork\AbstractJob;
 use Spork\ProcessManager;
 
-class BatchJob
+class BatchJob extends AbstractJob
 {
-    private $manager;
-    private $data;
-    private $strategy;
-    private $name;
-    private $callback;
+    protected $strategy;
 
     public function __construct(ProcessManager $manager, $data = null, StrategyInterface $strategy = null)
     {
-        $this->manager = $manager;
-        $this->data = $data;
+        parent::__construct($manager, $data);
         $this->strategy = $strategy ?: new ChunkStrategy();
-        $this->name = '<anonymous>';
-    }
-
-    public function setName($name)
-    {
-        $this->name = $name;
-
-        return $this;
     }
 
     public function setStrategy(StrategyInterface $strategy)
@@ -46,31 +34,13 @@ public function setStrategy(StrategyInterface $strategy)
         return $this;
     }
 
-    public function setData($data)
-    {
-        $this->data = $data;
-
-        return $this;
-    }
-
-    public function setCallback($callback)
-    {
-        if (!is_callable($callback)) {
-            throw new UnexpectedTypeException($callback, 'callable');
-        }
-
-        $this->callback = $callback;
-
-        return $this;
-    }
-
     public function execute($callback = null)
     {
         if (null !== $callback) {
             $this->setCallback($callback);
         }
 
-        return $this->manager->fork($this)->setName($this->name.' batch');
+        return $this->manager->fork($this)->setName($this->name . ' batch');
     }
 
     /**
@@ -84,8 +54,7 @@ public function __invoke()
         foreach ($this->strategy->createBatches($this->data) as $index => $batch) {
             $forks[] = $this->manager
                 ->fork($this->strategy->createRunner($batch, $this->callback))
-                ->setName(sprintf('%s batch #%d', $this->name, $index))
-            ;
+                ->setName(sprintf('%s batch #%d', $this->name, $index));
         }
 
         // block until all forks have exited
diff --git a/src/Spork/Factory.php b/src/Spork/Factory.php
index f951022..ae29824 100644
--- a/src/Spork/Factory.php
+++ b/src/Spork/Factory.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 use Spork\Batch\BatchJob;
 use Spork\Batch\Strategy\StrategyInterface;
+use Spork\Pool\PoolJob;
 
 class Factory
 {
@@ -30,6 +31,18 @@ public function createBatchJob(ProcessManager $manager, $data = null, StrategyIn
         return new BatchJob($manager, $data, $strategy);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param ProcessManager $manager
+     * @param null $data
+     * @param int $poolSize
+     * @return AbstractJob
+     *
+     */
+    public function createPoolJob(ProcessManager $manager, $data = null, $poolSize = 3)
+    {
+        return new PoolJob($manager, $data, $poolSize);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Creates a new shared memory instance.
      *
diff --git a/src/Spork/Pool/PoolJob.php b/src/Spork/Pool/PoolJob.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a92e3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Spork/Pool/PoolJob.php
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Spork\Pool;
+
+use Spork\AbstractJob;
+use Spork\Batch\BatchRunner;
+use Spork\ProcessManager;
+
+class PoolJob extends AbstractJob
+{
+    protected $poolSize;
+
+    public function __construct(ProcessManager $manager, $data, $pollSize = 3)
+    {
+        parent::__construct($manager, $data);
+
+        $this->poolSize = $pollSize;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Runs in a child process.
+     *
+     * @see execute()
+     */
+    public function __invoke()
+    {
+        $forks = array();
+        $results = array();
+        $batches = $this->data;
+        $index = 0;
+        while (count($batches) > 0) {
+            while (count($forks) < $this->poolSize) {
+                $batch = array_splice($batches, 0, 1);
+                $fork = $this->manager->fork(new BatchRunner($batch, $this->callback))
+                    ->setName(sprintf('%s part #%d', $this->name, $index));
+                $forks[$fork->getPid()] = $fork;
+                $index++;
+            }
+            do {
+                $endedFork = $this->manager->waitForNext();
+            } while (!isset($endedFork));
+
+            $results = array_merge($results, $endedFork->getResult());
+            unset($forks[$endedFork->getPid()]);
+
+            $endedFork = null;
+        }
+        // block until all forks have exited
+        $this->manager->wait();
+
+
+        foreach ($forks as $fork) {
+            $results = array_merge($results, $fork->getResult());
+        }
+
+        return $results;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Spork/ProcessManager.php b/src/Spork/ProcessManager.php
index 663c5a8..10c6ccb 100644
--- a/src/Spork/ProcessManager.php
+++ b/src/Spork/ProcessManager.php
@@ -76,11 +76,30 @@ public function createBatchJob($data = null, StrategyInterface $strategy = null)
         return $this->factory->createBatchJob($this, $data, $strategy);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param $data
+     * @param $callable
+     * @param StrategyInterface|null $strategy
+     *
+     * @return Fork
+     */
     public function process($data, $callable, StrategyInterface $strategy = null)
     {
         return $this->createBatchJob($data, $strategy)->execute($callable);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param $data
+     * @param $callable
+     * @param int $poolSize
+     * @return Fork
+     *
+     */
+    public function parallel($data, $callable, $poolSize = 3)
+    {
+        return $this->factory->createPoolJob($this, $data, $poolSize)->execute($callable);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Forks something into another process and returns a deferred object.
      */
diff --git a/tests/Spork/Test/ProcessManagerTest.php b/tests/Spork/Test/ProcessManagerTest.php
index 6ee72cb..4dc0489 100644
--- a/tests/Spork/Test/ProcessManagerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Spork/Test/ProcessManagerTest.php
@@ -97,6 +97,19 @@ public function testBatchProcessing()
         $this->assertEquals($expected, $fork->getResult());
     }
 
+    public function testPoolProcessing()
+    {
+        $expected = range(50, 59);
+        $fork = $this->manager->parallel($expected, function($item) {
+            return $item;
+        });
+
+        $this->manager->wait();
+
+        $actual = $fork->getResult();
+        $this->assertEquals(sort($expected), sort($actual));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Test batch processing with return values containing a newline character
      */