Store Worker

Store Workers

Store Workers serve in one or more commissary store departments (e.g., grocery, produce, warehouse, etc.) performing a variety of duties involved in receiving, handling, marking, preparing, displaying, and maintaining the stock of resale items.

Responsibilities include maintaining adequate stock of resale items, identifying any obvious spoilage, damage, and out-of-date merchandise, receiving supplies, equipment, and resale items, operating a computer system that calculates and marks prices and determines weights of merchandise, and transporting items to shelving and display areas.

Qualifications include ensuring the proper care and handling of resale grocery items, locating items for customers, rotating stock, stacking containers, and participating in inventories. Operating a computer system to calculate prices and label merchandise, and arranging stock on shelves and in displays are also required.

Physical requirements include standing, stooping, kneeling, bending, and climbing for prolonged periods, and frequently lifting or moving heavy boxes or crates weighing up to 50 pounds or more.

The job has one critical element, called the screen-out element (SOE), which addresses the critical knowledge, skill, and abilities essential to satisfactory job performance. Applicants who clearly fail to meet the lowest acceptable requirement in the SOE are rated ineligible and receive no further consideration.

The job elements for this job are : Ability to do the Work of the Position Without More than Normal Supervision, Dexterity and Safety Work Practices, Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specifications, etc., and Knowledge of Materials.

Work environment may include temperature changes based on opening and closing doors, working on loading docks, outside, and in refrigerated rooms. There may be exposure to hot or cold weather, damp conditions, or drafty conditions. There is a danger of minor cuts, scrapes, bruises, or heat sealer burns.