What are Stockers and Order Fillers
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.
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Common Job Titles
Merchandise Processor
Tagger
Freezer Worker
Cart Pusher
Stower
Picker
Fulfillment Associate
Warehouse Associate
Selector
Stock Associate
Order Filler
Puller
Personality & Work Styles
Dependability
Attention to Detail
Integrity
Cooperation
Cautiousness
Perseverance
Stress Tolerance
Social Orientation
Achievement Orientation
Optimism
Work Activities
Handling and Moving Objects
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
Getting Information
Performing General Physical Activities
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
Working with Computers
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
Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
Spend Time Standing
Telephone Conversations
Freedom to Make Decisions
Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals
Skills You Will Receive
Active Listening
Reading Comprehension
Monitoring
Speaking
Critical Thinking
Writing
Active Learning
Learning Strategies
Mathematics
Science
Other Attributes Important To Know
Oral Comprehension
Written Comprehension
Oral Expression
Written Expression
Fluency of Ideas
Originality
Problem Sensitivity
Deductive Reasoning
Inductive Reasoning
Information Ordering
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Technology/Tools Used
Internet browser software
Data base user interface and query software
Desktop communications software
Electronic mail software
Word processing software
Operating system software
Inventory management software
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
Spreadsheet software
Office suite software
Work Values
Relationships
Support
Independence
Working Conditions
Achievement
Recognition
Knowledge You Will Receive
Administration and Management
Administrative
Economics and Accounting
Sales and Marketing
Customer and Personal Service
Personnel and Human Resources
Production and Processing
Food Production
Computers and Electronics
Engineering and Technology
Education Requirements
No formal educational credential
Job Zone 2
Tasks Associated with This Career
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.
Obtain merchandise from bins or shelves.
Receive and count stock items, and record data manually or on computer.
Read orders to ascertain catalog numbers, sizes, colors, and quantities of merchandise.