This unit standard is intended for people who pick stock for despatch to stores/customers in a Distribution Centre or Warehouse. These persons are able to identify stock listed on a picking advice, pick the correct quantity, pack and move the stock ready for despatch to customers/stores in a manner that prevents losses and enhance the efficiency of the supply chain.

Course outline

Participants will achieve workshop outcomes by being able to understand:

• the organisational method for notifying items to pick and the understanding of these notifications
• the effect of incorrect picking on the business
• the different organisational packing containers and their uses
• the different stock in the DC/warehouse, their characteristics and the best methods of packing them
• different methods/machinery/equipment for picking in the organisation
• how to identify the different problems that could be encountered when picking stock and to whom they must be reported
• organisational requirements in respect of tagging/identifying stock/containers with their destination
• load points and how to choose the correct load point
• how to minimise damages when picking, packing and moving stock
• the impact of damages on the organisation
• the terms ‘shrinkage’ and ‘losses’
• the effect of shrinkage and losses on profits and employees
• causes and preventative methods for shrinkage and losses as applicable to the process of picking stocks
• common terms and concepts used when picking stock in the DC.