Stock Clerks- Stockroom, Warehouse, or Storage Yard

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Recommend disposal of excess, defective, or obsolete stock.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rotate stock.

Operate equipment such as forklifts.