Will “Stock Clerks- Stockroom, Warehouse, or Storage Yard” 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

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Tasks for “Stock Clerks- Stockroom, Warehouse, or Storage Yard”

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

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