Skills — Shipping & Receiving

This course will provide the fundamental knowledge of shipping, receiving, and warehouse operations. Upon completion, students will have the working knowledge and skills to work in entry level positions as a routing clerk, merchandise deliverer, shipping and receiving clerk, stock clerk, expediter, delivery driver, inventory clerk, distributing clerk, stock clerk, forklift truck operator, material handler and material expediter. Jobs for this training are available in warehouses, small businesses, grocery stores, schools, and manufacturing companies. Students will learn how to identify basic workplace safety rules related to shipping and receiving activities, how to stretch wrap cartons on pallets, how to perform a detailed physical count of incoming merchandise, and how to complete documents required for shipping including packing slips, as well as how to load, unload, and stack crates and pallets using the forklift.

Orientation to Workplace Safety

Basic Math

Warehouse Operations and Equipment

Receiving Operations

Shipping Operations

Methods of Shipping

Inventory

Forklift
 
Average Course Length: 720 hours (21 weeks)
Occupational Titles: Routing Clerk, Inventory Clerk, Merchandise Deliverer, Distributing Clerk, Shipping and Receiving Clerk, Office Helper, Clerk (Clerical), Stock Clerk, and Expediter.