Shelf Fillers

Shelf fillers stock shelves and display areas and keep stock clean and in order in supermarkets and other retail and wholesale shops. Tasks include - (a) placing goods neatly in bins and on racks, and stacking bulky goods on floors; (b) filling shelves with goods and ensuring that goods with the earliest use-by dates are at the front of shelves; (c) removing goods with past due use-by dates; (d) maintaining shelf order by removing stock belonging in a different location; (e) noting what has been sold and collecting goods needed from the stockroom; (f) obtaining articles for customers from shelf or stockroom; (g) directing customers to location of articles sought; (h) receiving, opening, unpacking and inspecting for damage merchandise from manufacturer or distributor. Examples of the occupations classified here: - Night filler - Stock filler - Stock handler.