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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Monitor stock control
   • Delegate product group recording to appropriate personnel.
   • Monitor stock levels and maintain at optimum level in line with organisational procedures.
   • Monitor stock re-order cycles and adjust to maintain consistent supply.
   • Analyse management inventory reports and where required take corrective action.
   • Notify buyers of stock levels in line with organisational procedures.
2. Monitor receipt and despatch of products
   • Delegate receipt and despatch of products to appropriate personnel.
   • Ensure staff compliance with receipt and despatch procedures including documentation processes.
   • Coordinate distribution of products within organisation in line with organisational procedures.
   • Ensure incoming products and those for despatch are securely stored in designated location.
   • Report anomalies in quantity or quality of received products.
   • Inspect, assess and report stock damage and losses, against loss forecasts, and investigate unacceptable cases.
   • Provide advice to management on appropriate way of dealing with damaged stock.
3. Monitor and maintain site security policies
   • Monitor effectiveness of site security procedures and provide feedback to management.
   • Advise staff of security procedures for stores and ensure compliance.
   • Advise management of requirements for security policy development and training.

Range Statement

Not Applicable

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Performance Evidence

A person demonstrating competency in this unit must satisfy all of the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit. If a specific volume or frequency is not stated below, then evidence must be provided that the following requirements have been performed on at least one occasion:

follow organisational policies and procedures relevant to co-ordinating stock control procedures

co-ordinate stock control procedures for a work site, including coordinating staff and inventory

implement site security procedures for the control of stock

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Knowledge Evidence

Knowledge evidence

A person competent in this unit must be able to demonstrate knowledge of:

role boundaries and responsibilities of self, other stock control personnel and buyers for maintaining stock

typical product groups for forest product factories

principles of stock control:

rotation and replenishment

product life cycle and maximising the use of all stock

financial implications of stock level control

typical stock control processes:

recording incoming stock

recording and reporting discrepancies and quality deficiencies

recording stock levels

monitoring and maintaining quality of stock

monitoring and maintaining stock at optimum levels

maintaining security of stock

waste handling, sorting, disposal and recycling

organisational stock reorder cycles

internal distribution processes

reasons for stock loss and damage and methods to control these

layout of stores area in forest products factories

environmental storage requirements to maintain materials in optimum condition

methods to categorise and label stock materials

format, content and use of stock control documents and reports

features, functions and system capabilities of stock control software.

organisational policies and procedures specific to stock control, store and site security.

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