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CONTENTS

NOTES

1.

Overview of Store Keeping

1.1 Introduction to Store Keeping

    (i) Meaning and importance of store keeping;

    (ii) Components of Store Keeping:

                -warehousing;

                -requisition;

                -inventory and inventory control.

    (iii) Areas where store keeping is required.

1.2 Career Opportunities:

    (i) Definition  

    (ii)Job opportunities

    (iii) factors influencing choice of career in store keeping

    (iv) Skills required for store keeping:

                -numerical

                -administrative

                - computer

1.3 Roles, Attributes and Qualification of a Store Keeper:

    (i) Functions of a Store Keeper

                -receipt of goods;

                -store requisition;

                -store issues;

                -counting and grading;

                -weighting and classification;

                -record keeping;

                - Maintaining clean store environment

    (ii) Attributes of a store keeper:

                -Honesty;

                -Quality consciousness;

                -Flair for details, etc.

    (iii)Qualification of a store keeper.

- Maintaining clean store environment

(ii) Attributes of a store keeper:

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Honesty;

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Quality consciousness;

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Flair for details, etc.

(iii)Qualification of a store keeper.

2

Equipment and

2.1 Types of store equipment;

facilities

2.2 Uses of storage equipment;

2.3 Care of storage equipment and facilities.

3.

Warehousing

3.1 Meaning of warehousing.

3.2

Forms of warehousing (room, cold room, silos).

3.3

Factors for setting up a warehouse.

3.4

Store keeping Document.

3.5

Government regulations on warehousing:

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NAFDAC.

- SON.

4.

Requisitioning

4.1 Meaning

4.2

Importance

4.3

Procedure

4.4

Documentation (requisition and issue notes)

4.5

E-requisitioning (use of computer)

5.

Inventory and

5.1 Inventory:

Inventory Control

(i) Meaning;

(ii) Uses of inventory;

(iii) Inventory items;

(iv) Types of inventory control (perpetual and periodic);

(v) Store keeping terms and their computation:

- stock out

-

lead time

- maximum stock level

- minimum stock level

- economic order quantity

6.

Stock Valuation

6.1

meaning.

6.2

Reasons for stock valuation.

6.3

Determination of stock values using:

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LIFO method

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FIFO method

7.

Identification of Store

7.1

Need for identification of items.

Items

7.2

Classification of materials in store.

7.3

Codification system:

-

alphabetic

- numerical

- alphanumeric

- decimal

8

Safety and

8.1

Store Organization and Layout:

Environmental Issues

(i) Meaning;

(ii)

Importance;

(iii)

Store layout

(iv)  Factors influencing store layout.

8.2 Safety and Safety Standard:

(i) Meaning of safety in store;

(ii) Importance of safety at work;

(iii) Methods of providing safety at work place:

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First Aid Box

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Fire extinguisher

- Shielding of electrical installation