Career Overview
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.
Also Known As
- Checker Stocker
- Order Filler
- Stock Clerk
- Stocker
Alternate Job Titles
- Agent Contract Clerk
- Backroom Associate
- Bakery Products Checker
- Bay Stocker
- Camera Storage Clerk
- Central Service Supply Distributor
- Central Supply Aide
- Central Supply Technician
- Central Supply Worker
- Checker Stocker
- Clerical Stock Inspector
- Clerical Warehouse Worker
- Clerical Warehouseman
- Cloth Burler
- Cloth Worker
What You'll Do
In this role, your typical responsibilities include:
- Complete order receipts.
- Answer customers' questions about merchandise and advise customers on merchandise selection.
- Issue or distribute materials, products, parts, and supplies to customers or coworkers, based on information from incoming requisitions.
- Keep records of out-going orders.
- Stock shelves, racks, cases, bins, and tables with new or transferred merchandise.
- Operate equipment such as forklifts.
- Stamp, attach, or change price tags on merchandise, referring to price list.
Key Abilities
This career requires key abilities in:
- Near Vision
- Oral Comprehension
- Trunk Strength
- Manual Dexterity
- Extent Flexibility
- Written Comprehension
- Speech Clarity
- Oral Expression
- Static Strength
- Information Ordering
Work Style
People who excel in this career typically demonstrate:
- Dependability
- Attention to Detail
- Integrity
- Cooperation
- Cautiousness
What Matters in This Career
This career tends to satisfy these work values:
- Relationships
- Support
- Independence
- Working Conditions
- Achievement
Education & Preparation
Typical Education: High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
On-the-Job Training: Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month
Education Details: Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
Experience Required: 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.
Technology You'll Use
Popular Technologies & Software
- Google Docs
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Word
- SAP software
Tools & Equipment
- 10-key calculators
- Baling equipment
- Barcode scanners
- Box cutters
- Cherry pickers
- Computer inkjet printers
- Computer laser printers
- Convertible hand trucks
- Conveyor belts
- Copy machines
- Double deckers
- Electric cash registers
- Electric hoists
- Electric marking tools
- Electric pallet jacks
Work Environment
- Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams
- Contact With Others
- Indoors, Environmentally Controlled
- Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team
- Deal With External Customers or the Public in General
Salary & Job Market
| Salary Percentile | Annual Wage |
|---|---|
| Entry-Level (10th percentile) | $29,850 |
| Median | $37,090 |
| Top Earners (90th percentile) | $49,200 |
Workers Employed Nationally: 2,779,530
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Occupational data sourced from the O*NET OnLine database, developed by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Wage data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), 2024.