Application

This unit of competency defines the skills and knowledge required to organise, configure and maintain warehouse receival and dispatch areas taking into account customer and supplier needs, including special requirements of products, materials and location, documentation and system requirements.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

What You'll Learn

Assessment Requirements

Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy the requirements of the elements and performance criteria on at least two (2) occasions and include:

following work instructions, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and safe work practices

coordinating staff and equipment for receival and dispatch

developing and implementing contingency procedures in solving warehouse problems

producing stock receival and dispatch reports in accordance with SOPs

making modifications to dispatch and receival system, as required

participating in continuous improvement of the warehouse dispatch and receival system.

Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate the required knowledge for this unit must be relevant to and satisfy the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include knowledge of:

safe work practices and procedures

receival and dispatch systems

relevant legislation, regulations and codes of practice

inventory systems and procedures

auditing processes

quality systems

warehousing systems

continuous improvement processes and procedures.

Assessment Conditions

Assessors must:

have vocational competency in organising and maintaining warehouse stock receival and dispatch system at least to the level being assessed with relevant industry knowledge and experience

satisfy the assessor requirements in the Standards for Registered Training Organisations 2015 or its replacement and comply with the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011, its replacement or equivalent legislation covering VET regulation in a non-referring state/territory as the case requires

Where possible assessment must occur in operational workplace situations. Where this is not possible or where personal safety or environmental damage are limiting factors, assessment must occur in a sufficiently rigorous simulated environment that reflects realistic operational workplace conditions. This must cover all aspects of workplace performance, including environment, task skills, task management skills, contingency management skills and job role environment skills

Conditions for assessment must include access to all tools, equipment, materials and documentation required, including relevant workplace procedures, product and manufacturing specifications

Assessment processes and techniques must be appropriate to the language, literacy and numeracy requirements of the work being performed and the needs of the candidate.

Foundation Skills

• text: This section describes those required skills (reading, writing, oral communication and numeracy) that are essential to workplace performance in this unit of competency. Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.

Prerequisite Units

• {'code': 'MEM11008', 'title': 'Package materials (stores and warehouse)'}
• {'code': 'MEM11011', 'title': 'Undertake manual handling'}
• {'code': 'MEM13015', 'title': 'Work safely and effectively in manufacturing and engineering'}
• {'code': 'MEM16006', 'title': 'Organise and communicate information'}
• {'code': 'MEM11013', 'title': 'Undertake warehouse receival process'}
• {'code': 'MEM11014', 'title': 'Undertake warehouse dispatch process'}

Parent Qualifications

• MEM40119 — Certificate IV in Engineering
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