The Stock Clerk receives, stores, and issues equipment, materials, supplies, merchandise, foodstuffs, or tools, and compiles stock records of items in stockroom, warehouse or storage yard. This worker sorts, or weighs incoming articles to verify receipt of items on requisition or invoice, examines stock to verify conformance to specifications, stores articles in bins, on floor or on shelves, according to identifying information, such as style, size or type of material, fills orders or issues supplies from stock, prepares periodic, special or perpetual inventory of stock, and requisitions articles to fill incoming orders. This worker also compiles reports on use of stock handling equipment, adjustments of inventory counts and stock records, spoilage of or damage to stock, location changes, and refusal of shipments, may mark identifying codes, figures, or letters on articles, may distribute stock among production workers, keeping records of material issued, may make adjustments or repairs to articles carried in stock, and may cut stock to site to fill order.

May also be required to perform other duties as assigned to include; the direction and tasking of other workers assigned,  and the operation of a manually controlled gasoline, electric or liquid propane gas powered material handling equipment.
 
Working conditions:  Work is generally performed in an area that can be uncomfortable due to drafts, noise and temperature variation.  Work may also involve exposure to hazardous materials and with equipment where carelessness could result in an injury and/or death.