Definition
Performs receiving, handling, storing, and issuing tasks involving supplies and perishable items, and/or may have limited leadwork responsibility over another employee or inmate involved in store operations; performs related work as required.
Work Examples
Examines, counts, sorts, weighs, marks, and tags incoming items; verifies receipt of items against bills of lading, requisitions, or invoices.
Places items in bins, containers, floors, lockers, or shelves according to the characteristics of the items to be stored.
Maintains inventory records; reconciles balances with inventories after completion of physical inventory.
Posts information in ledgers or other records; extracts data from receiving or shipping papers, regulations, and related documents.
Maintains back order files and releases orders for shipment, as stock is received and available for use.
Prepares requisitions, orders, and other papers for purchasing or requisitions for additional stock needs.
Fills orders or issues supplies from stock; verifies the accuracy of requisitions by comparing stock numbers, authorized substitutes, and other cross-reference information through the use of manuals, catalogs, parts lists, and related documents.
Delivers and/or picks up items in other buildings and locations.
Takes physical inventories of stock.
Packages and crates outgoing orders to minimize damage or loss; makes minor adjustments and repairs to items in stock.
Assists supervisor by performing such duties as instructing employees, answering questions, distributing and balancing the workload, and checking work; may make suggestions on selection, promotions, and reassignments.
Competencies Required
- Administrative – Administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
- Customer Service – Principles and processes for providing customer services, including customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluating customer satisfaction.
- Law and Government – Laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
- English Language – The structure and content of the English language, including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Basic Arithmetic – Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
- Production and Processing – Raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
- Administration and Management – Business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
Law and Government – Understand and adhere to applicable laws, legal codes, administrative rules, and regulations.
Clerical – Maintain complex clerical records.
Written Expression – Communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Speech Clarity – Speak clearly so others can understand.
Speech Recognition – Identify and understand the speech of another person.
Deductive Reasoning – Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Inductive Reasoning – Combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions.
Information Ordering – Arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Problem Sensitivity – Tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
Perceptual Speed – Quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
Active Listening – Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Critical Thinking – Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
Reading Comprehension – Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
Speaking – Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Writing – Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Active Learning – Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Judgment and Decision Making – Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Service Orientation – Actively looking for ways to help people.
Complex Problem Solving – Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Time Management – Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Minimum Qualification Requirements
Applicants must meet at least one of the following minimum requirements to qualify for positions in this job classification:
- Two years of full-time work experience in full-time clerical, inventory, stores, supply, or warehousing work.
- Current, continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes one year of full-time work as a Storekeeper 1.
Notes
Within a period of time after hire, as determined by the appointing authority, employees in this class may be required to obtain a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) and endorsements.