Storeperson
What the work is
Receives, handles and dispatches goods in a store or warehouse.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Unloads vehicles, opens packages and removes contents
- Checks incoming goods for damage and discrepancies between orders, supply and invoices
- Labels goods with details of storage locations
- Uses software to record and obtain details of location and quantity of items in stock
- Orders goods and issues invoices as required to ensure readiness for demand
- Selects, packs, weighs and seals goods for distribution
- May use materials handling equipment such as hydraulic pallet lifters and hand trucks
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a busy distribution warehouse supplying hardware and garden shops, in a fictional outer suburb. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- Every order on the board goes out complete, on time and with no mistakes to chase
- You find the missing pallet that three people had been hunting for since breakfast
- A new starter picks up the routine fast and you can see the team getting stronger
Hard days
- Three trucks arrive at once, two pickers are off sick and the phone keeps ringing
- The system says there are twelve of something and the shelf holds three
- A cold or very hot shed, hours on concrete floors and a pile of orders still to go
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 721131, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.