Course Overview
This qualification is designed for learners who want to enter and/or progress from entry roles in the Warehousing and Storage industries. Learners will develop the underpinning knowledge necessary to support them in their role in this sector. Completion of this qualification will support progression into employment or into higher level roles in the industry. The qualification is ideal for learners not in employment, or who cannot access an Apprenticeship. It would also be ideal for prison-based learners preparing for release.This qualification will focus on the study of the warehousing and storage industry and offer breadth and depth of study, incorporating a key core of knowledge. The objectives of this qualification are to allow you to progress to employment within the warehousing and storage industry to provide informed and prepared potential employees.
What will I learn?
This qualification will:
• focus on the study of the warehousing and storage industry
• offer breadth and depth of study, incorporating a key core of knowledge.
The objectives of this qualification are to:
• allow learners to progress to employment within the warehousing and storage industry
• provide informed and prepared potential employees.
It is made up of five mandatory units as follows:
• Introduction to warehousing and storage
• Understand how to receive and store goods
• Understand how to process orders and prepare them for dispatch
• Understand how to check stock and update records
• Customer service in warehousing and storage
Study, Assessment and Qualifications
This course is delivered purely online with digital content. Upon enrolment Learners are sent login details for our e-assessor system where they will access all course materials including workbooks and questions. Learners will also submit all work via this system which will then be marked by an Assessor and feedback provided.
Due to the nature of these Distance Learning courses, the emphasis is very much on self-directed study.
Learners should be able to take all the information needed to complete the course from the Workbooks but will also receive high level support from their Assessor and the Distance Learning Team.
Each unit will have a set deadline so Learners can plan their study time to fit in with these dates.
Entry Requirements
Learners must be aged 19 years or over.
Must have lived in the UK or EAA for the last three years.
Must currently reside in England, in a post code outside of London, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, the West Midlands Combined Authority, the Tees Valley Combined Authority, the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, the Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority, the Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority and the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.
Additional Costs and Information
The allotted time for completion of this course is four months.
What Could I Do Next?
Learners who achieve this qualification could progress to: • Level 3 Award in Warehousing • Level 3 Diploma in Warehousing and Storage.It may also be useful to learners studying qualifications in the following sector: • Retail and Commercial Enterprise
