Run the September stocktake and update the hazardous chemicals register

You are the Retail and Stock Assistant working with the Retail and Stock Coordinator.

Simulated workplaceIntermediate missionCAQA Luxe Hair and Beauty

What is going on

The September stocktake for South Yarra is due on Friday 18 September. Every colour bar and clinic dispensary line must be counted and the on-hand quantities updated in the stock register, with anything below its reorder point flagged for ordering before the spring campaign begins on 1 October. The Hazardous Chemicals Register requires a safety data sheet less than five years old for every hazardous product. The register shows a lactic acid peel with a sheet from 2022 and a discontinued keratin treatment with a sheet from 2020 that must not be on the shelf. The Retail and Stock Coordinator also wants the retail counter checked for expiry and rotation.

Liam Whitford, Retail and Stock Coordinator
Subject: September stocktake and chemicals register

The September stocktake for South Yarra is due on Friday 18 September. I need every colour bar and clinic dispensary line counted, the on-hand quantities updated in the stock register, and anything below its reorder point flagged. While you are in the cupboard, check every hazardous product has a safety data sheet that is less than five years old and note any that are missing or out of date in the Hazardous Chemicals Register. There is a discontinued keratin product that must not be on the shelf at all, so please confirm it has gone.

Your brief

Count and update the stock lines, flag reorders, verify safety data sheet dates against the Hazardous Chemicals Register, remove discontinued product, and report variances and register gaps to the Retail and Stock Coordinator.

Work through it

You do not need to do it all. Doing a few of these will show you what the work is like. Your ticks and notes stay on this device.

Read the Hazardous Chemicals Register and the Chemical Handling and Colour Bar Procedure and list the storage and documentation rules you will check during the count.
Count each colour bar and dispensary line, update the on-hand quantity in the Stock and Product Register and change the status to Reorder where the quantity is at or below the reorder point.
For every product marked hazardous, check the safety data sheet date and record which sheets are older than five years or missing from the red folder.
Locate the discontinued keratin treatment, confirm it has been removed from stock, and record the removal in the register with the date.
Check retail lines for expiry dates and rotation, moving short-dated product to the front and noting any product to be withdrawn.
Log any storage or labelling hazard you find, such as decanted product without a label, in the WHS and Infection Control Incident Register.
Prepare a variance and reorder summary and a list of safety data sheets to be requested from suppliers, and present it to the Retail and Stock Coordinator.

My notes: what did I enjoy, and what surprised me?

What someone in this role would produce

Updated stock register with counts and reorder flags
Safety data sheet gap list
Register removal note for discontinued product
Variance and reorder summary

Printing this is a record of what you explored. It is not a certificate or a qualification.