"Stock Clerks- Stockroom, Warehouse, or Storage Yard" - Part 1
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Basic Job Description:

Receive, store, and issue materials, equipment, and other items from stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard. Keep records and compile stock reports.

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Job Duties and Tasks for: "Stock Clerks- Stockroom, Warehouse, or Storage Yard"

Receive and count stock items, and record data manually or using computer.

Pack and unpack items to be stocked on shelves in stockrooms, warehouses, or storage yards.

Verify inventory computations by comparing them to physical counts of stock, and investigate discrepancies or adjust errors.

Store items in an orderly and accessible manner in warehouses, tool rooms, supply rooms, or other areas.

Mark stock items using identification tags, stamps, electric marking tools, or other labeling equipment.

Clean and maintain supplies, tools, equipment, and storage areas in order to ensure compliance with safety regulations.

Determine proper storage methods, identification, and stock location based on turnover, environmental factors, and physical capabilities of facilities.

Keep records on the use and/or damage of stock or stock handling equipment.

Examine and inspect stock items for wear or defects, reporting any damage to supervisors.

Provide assistance or direction to other stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard workers.

Dispose of damaged or defective items, or return them to vendors.

Drive trucks in order to pick up incoming stock or to deliver parts to designated locations.

Prepare and maintain records and reports of inventories, price lists, shortages, shipments, expenditures, and goods used or issued.

Sell materials, equipment, and other items from stock in retail settings.

Issue or distribute materials, products, parts, and supplies to customers or coworkers, based on information from incoming requisitions.

Advise retail customers or internal users on the appropriateness of parts, supplies, or materials requested.

Purchase new or additional stock, or prepare documents that provide for such purchases.

Compile, review, and maintain data from contracts, purchase orders, requisitions, and other documents in order to assess supply needs.

Confer with engineering and purchasing personnel and vendors regarding stock procurement and availability.

Determine sequence and release of back orders according to stock availability.

Prepare products, supplies, equipment, or other items for use by adjusting, repairing or assembling them as necessary.

Recommend disposal of excess, defective, or obsolete stock.