Stockers and Order Fillers

What stockers and order fillers do

Receive, store, and issue merchandise, materials, equipment, and other items from stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard to fill shelves, racks, tables, or customers' orders. May operate power equipment to fill orders. May mark prices on merchandise and set up sales displays.

Typical tasks

1. 1Take inventory or examine merchandise to identify items to be reordered or replenished.
2. 2Answer customers' questions about merchandise and advise customers on merchandise selection.
3. 3Receive and count stock items, and record data manually or on computer.
4. 4Receive, unload, open, unpack, or issue sales floor merchandise.
5. 5Stock shelves, racks, cases, bins, and tables with new or transferred merchandise.
6. 6Pack and unpack items to be stocked on shelves in stockrooms, warehouses, or storage yards.
7. 7Mark stock items, using identification tags, stamps, electric marking tools, or other labeling equipment.
8. 8Store items in an orderly and accessible manner in warehouses, tool rooms, supply rooms, or other areas.
9. 9Requisition merchandise from supplier, based on available space, merchandise on hand, customer demand, or advertised specials.
10. 10Compare merchandise invoices to items actually received to ensure that shipments are correct.

Technology used

• Apple Safari
• Google Docs
• Microsoft Access
• Microsoft Edge
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office software
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft Windows
• Microsoft Word
• Mozilla Firefox
• SAP software

How to become one

Experience

Some occupations may need little or no previous experience; others require several months to a year of experience. For example, landscaping and groundskeeping workers might require very little training or previous experience, while agricultural equipment operators can benefit from on-the job training.

Training

Ranges from a few days to one year of on-the-job training.