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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of storekeeping operations in a distribution
facility
Level
2
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe: the
processing of inwards goods; equipment used in the movement
of goods; storage of goods; picking and issue of orders;
dispatch of goods; and the role of electronic data interchange in
a distribution facility.
Classification
Retail, Distribution, and Sales > Distribution
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
Definitions
Distribution facility refers to a workplace where the primary focus is on storage and
distribution of stock.
Organisational procedures refer to instructions to staff on policy and procedures which are
formally documented, or generally accepted within the workplace.
Electronic data interchange refers to systems where data is transferred electronically
within or to other organisations outside of the distribution facility.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
This unit standard is
Describe the processing of inwards goods in a distribution facility.
expiring
Outcome 1
Evidence requirements
1.1
Key points of an inwards goods procedure are identified.
1.2
Procedure for checking of goods received against carriers' consignment notes is
described in accordance with organisational procedures.
1.3
Purpose of documentation for processing inwards goods is described in
accordance with organisational procedures.
Range
ServiceIQ
SSB Code 9068
documentation may be electronic or hard copy and may include
but is not limited to – purchase order, advice note, packing slip,
delivery note, inwards goods report, daily receiving sheets, credit
note, trade return docket, internal transfer note, stock records bin
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location data, invoice, return to supplier note, loading sheet,
consignment note;
evidence is required for eight types of documentation.
1.4
Procedure for processing of inwards goods is identified and described in
accordance with organisational procedures.
1.5
Procedure for handling irregularities in processing of inwards goods is
described.
Range
may include but is not limited to – shortages, damage, delivery
problems.
Outcome 2
Describe equipment used in the movement of goods in a distribution facility.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Goods handling equipment/machinery is identified and its use described.
Range
2.2
hand pallet truck, tow tractor, gravity conveyor, pedestrian pallet
stacker, electric fork lift, engine powered fork lift, manual trolley,
engine powered side loader, electric order picker, hand barrow,
platform truck, bin truck, drum barrow, mobile platform, motorised
pulley block, belt conveyor.
Procedures for the safe use of equipment/machinery are identified and
described in accordance with organisational procedures and manufacturer's
instructions.
This unit standard is
Describe storage of goods in a distribution
facility.
expiring
Range
evidence is required for six types of equipment/machinery.
Outcome 3
Evidence requirements
3.1
Requirements for storing goods in the distribution facility are described.
Range
3.2
may include but are not limited to - location, conditions, safety
issues;
evidence is required for three types of goods.
Systems used for locating goods in the distribution facility are described.
Range
ServiceIQ
SSB Code 9068
may include but are not limited to - manual, despatch unit
numbering system, bar coding system, computerised inventory
management system.
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Documentation relating to storage of goods is identified and described in
accordance with organisational procedures.
Outcome 4
Describe the picking and issue of orders in a distribution facility.
Evidence requirements
4.1
The term 'picking' as it relates to a distribution facility is defined.
4.2
Picking systems used in the distribution facility are described.
Range
4.3
may include but are not limited to - manual, mechanical conveying
system.
Documentation relating to picking and issue of orders is identified and described
in accordance with organisational procedures.
Outcome 5
Describe dispatch of orders from a distribution facility.
Evidence requirements
5.1
Critical points in the dispatch process are identified.
Range
may include but are not limited to - marshalling, documentation,
packing, identification, loading, delivery.
5.2
Documentation relating to dispatch of orders is identified and described in
accordance with organisational procedures.
5.3
Procedures for assembling, packaging and labelling is described in accordance
with organisational procedures.
5.4
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Modes of transportation used for dispatch of orders are described.
Range
may include but are not limited to – mail, courier, road, rail,
shipping, airfreight, pipeline.
Outcome 6
Describe the role of electronic data interchange (EDI) in a distribution facility.
Evidence requirements
6.1
Uses of EDI in the distribution outlet are identified.
6.2
Benefits of the use of EDI are described.
ServiceIQ
SSB Code 9068
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may include but are not limited to – automated materials handling,
paperless storage and order processing, reduced inventory levels,
tracking of goods through the distribution chain.
Range
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 414 have been
replaced by unit standard 28497.
This unit standard replaced unit standard 416.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
29 July 2002
31 December 2016
Review
2
16 April 2015
31 December 2017
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0225
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
This unit standard is
expiring
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
ServiceIQ
SSB Code 9068
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