Will “Stockroom Associate” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

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Job Description

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

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 43-5081.03

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Stock Clerks- Stockroom, Warehouse, or Storage Yard”.

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Tasks for “Stockroom Associate”

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.
Sell materials, equipment, and other items from stock in retail settings.
Prepare and maintain records and reports of inventories, price lists, shortages, shipments, expenditures, and goods used or issued.
Verify inventory computations by comparing them to physical counts of stock, and investigate discrepancies or adjust errors.
Drive trucks to pick up incoming stock or to deliver parts to designated locations.
Dispose of damaged or defective items, or return them to vendors.
Mark stock items using identification tags, stamps, electric marking tools, or other labeling equipment.
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.
Provide assistance or direction to other stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard workers.
Purchase new or additional stock, or prepare documents that provide for such purchases.
Confer with engineering and purchasing personnel and vendors regarding stock procurement and availability.
Store items in an orderly and accessible manner in warehouses, tool rooms, supply rooms, or other areas.
Clean and maintain supplies, tools, equipment, and storage areas to ensure compliance with safety regulations.
Determine proper storage methods, identification, and stock location based on turnover, environmental factors, and physical capabilities of facilities.
Recommend disposal of excess, defective, or obsolete stock.
Compile, review, and maintain data from contracts, purchase orders, requisitions, and other documents to assess supply needs.
Examine and inspect stock items for wear or defects, reporting any damage to supervisors.
Pack and unpack items to be stocked on shelves in stockrooms, warehouses, or storage yards.
Receive and count stock items, and record data manually or using computer.
Keep records on the use or damage of stock or stock-handling equipment.

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