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:

1. Check stock numbers and part numbers in supply catalogs to adequately identify property.
2. Identify, examine, classify, accept, and dispose of a wide variety of materials and property including electronic equipment, aircraft and automotive components and assemblies.
3. Operate large warehouse perimeter vehicles such as cargo tractors, stake trucks, mobile cranes, and forklifts ranging in size up to 10,000 lbs.
4. Determine physical condition and serviceability of material and property.
5. 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.
6. Prepare inventory and production reports, screens and identifies shipping and receiving documents for discrepancies, and directs shipments to shipping or storage areas.
7. Store hazardous materials; requires knowledge or specialized handling, storing, and safety procedures.
8. Assist in the development of plans for storage and arrangement of stock to determine warehouse configuration, setup, movement, rearrangement and traffic flow.
9. 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.
10. Advise supervisor about inconsistent shipment information, defective material or property, and damage from shipping.
11. Route items to maintenance activity for technical inspections when defects, excessive wear, corrosion, missing pm1s or damage is discovered.
12. Perform classification inspections for material within range of authority; ensure formal accountability when receiving, storing or issuing.