MATERIALS HANDLER (TITLE 32)

Materials Handler

As a MATERIALS HANDLER (TITLE 32), WG-6907-4/5/6, you will oversee one or more product lines, a segment of a large warehouse, or serve as the senior employee in a smaller warehouse or supply facility. Major duties include:

• Check stock numbers and part numbers in supply catalogs to adequately identify property.
• Identify, examine, classify, accept, and dispose of a wide variety of materials and property including electronic equipment, aircraft and automotive components and assemblies.
• Operate large warehouse perimeter vehicles such as cargo tractors, stake trucks, mobile cranes, and forklifts ranging in size up to 10,000 lbs.
• Determine physical condition and serviceability of material and property.
• Prepare items for processing, utilizing appropriate Standard Army Management Information System (STAMIS) such as computer terminal and bar code reader to read, store, track and prepare material documentation.
• Prepare inventory and production reports, screens and identifies shipping and receiving documents for discrepancies, and directs shipments to shipping or storage areas.
• Store hazardous materials; requires knowledge or specialized handling, storing, and safety procedures.
• Assist in the development of plans for storage and arrangement of stock to determine warehouse configuration, setup, movement, rearrangement and traffic flow.
• Serve as the senior member of a warehouse project team comprised of material handlers involved in a special project such as relocating a major commodity or equipment group or setting up a new commodity group area.
• Advise supervisor about inconsistent shipment information, defective material or property, and damage from shipping.
• Route items to maintenance activity for technical inspections when defects, excessive wear, corrosion, missing pm1s or damage is discovered.
• Perform classification inspections for material within range of authority; ensure formal accountability when receiving, storing or issuing.