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Stockers and Order Fillers

People classed as Stockers and Order Fillers receive, store, and issue merchandise, materials, equipment, and other items from stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard to fill shelves, racks, tables, or customers' orders. The skills rated most useful are active listening, reading comprehension, and speaking. Expect to take inventory or examine merchandise to identify items to be reordered or replenished. Its interest code is CRE. Conventional leads at 6.3 out of 7, so expect orderly work with data, records and clear procedures, with Realistic next at 4.8. Getting in usually takes a few months to a year of learning on the job, a level O*NET calls some preparation. It tends to suit people who want orderly work with data, records and clear procedures, and it offers little for anyone seeking research, analysis and working through hard problems.

What they do

Receive, store, and issue merchandise, materials, equipment, and other items from stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard to fill shelves, racks, tables, or customers' orders. May operate power equipment to fill orders. May mark prices on merchandise and set up sales displays.

Main tasks

  • Take inventory or examine merchandise to identify items to be reordered or replenished.
  • Answer customers' questions about merchandise and advise customers on merchandise selection.
  • Receive and count stock items, and record data manually or on computer.
  • Receive, unload, open, unpack, or issue sales floor merchandise.
  • Stock shelves, racks, cases, bins, and tables with new or transferred merchandise.
  • Pack and unpack items to be stocked on shelves in stockrooms, warehouses, or storage yards.

Skills

  • Active Listening
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Speaking
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Service Orientation
  • Critical Thinking

Who this career fits

May suit you if

  • You like clear rules and getting the details right.
  • You like ending the day with a physical result you can point to.
  • You want to start work after a short stretch of training.
  • You are comfortable relying on active listening and reading comprehension.

May not suit you if

  • You get restless with routine, records and exact procedures.
  • You want to spend most of your time analyzing and researching. Investigative rates 1.0 out of 7 here.
  • You want a career built on years of advanced study.

Interest profile

O*NET rates each occupation from 1 to 7 on six interest types. The code CRE takes the three highest, and Conventional comes first here.

Preparation

Some preparation. Most people start with a high school diploma, then learn from experienced coworkers over a few months to a year.

Also called

  • Checker Stocker
  • Inventory Technician (Inventory Tech)
  • Label Maker
  • Marking Clerk
  • Order Filler

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This page includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.