1-      Receive, store, and issue materials, equipment, and other items from stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard. Keep records and compile stock reports.

2-      Pack and unpack items to be stocked on shelves in stockrooms, warehouses, or storage yards.

3-      Store items in an orderly and accessible manner in warehouses, tool rooms, supply rooms, or other areas.

4-      Examine and inspect stock items for wear or defects, reporting any damage to supervisors.

5-      Receive and count stock items, and record data manually or on computer.

6-      Mark stock items, using identification tags, stamps, electric marking tools, or other labeling equipment.

7-      Verify inventory computations by comparing them to physical counts of stock, and investigate discrepancies or adjust errors.

8-      Issue or distribute materials, products, parts, and supplies to customers or coworkers, based on information from incoming requisitions.

9-      Provide assistance or direction to other stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard workers.

10-  Dispose of damaged or defective items, or return them to vendors.

11-  Clean and maintain supplies, tools, equipment, and storage areas to ensure compliance with safety regulations.

12-  Recommend disposal of excess, defective, or obsolete stock.

13-  Keep records on the use or damage of stock or stock-handling equipment.

14-  Prepare and maintain records and reports of inventories, price lists, shortages, shipments, expenditures, and goods used or issued.

15-  Determine proper storage methods, identification, and stock location, based on turnover, environmental factors, and physical capabilities of facilities.

16-  Compile, review, and maintain data from contracts, purchase orders, requisitions, and other documents to assess supply needs.

17-  Prepare products, supplies, equipment, or other items for use by adjusting, repairing or assembling them, as necessary.

18-  Determine sequence and release of back orders according to stock availability.

19-  Confer with engineering and purchasing personnel and vendors regarding stock procurement and availability.

20-  Purchase new or additional stock, or prepare documents that provide for such purchases.

21-  Advise retail customers or internal users on the appropriateness of parts, supplies, or materials requested.