NVQ 2 DISTRIBUTION, WAREHOUSING AND STORAGE OPERATIONS OCR
Entry Requirements
These NVQs are work-based qualifications and are
suitable for those who undertake warehousing and distribution related
activities. They are open to candidates of either gender and there are no
entry barriers on grounds of race, creed or previous academic attainment
or learning. You must however be working in a warehousing environment.
A
personal skill scan, conducted by our staff, will ensure that your current
job role lends itself to the demands of the National Standards at the
preferred level.
This NVQ is designed to reflect the work of
warehousing and distribution staff across a wide range of industries and
types of organisation and is for those who are working with some autonomy
and personal responsibility.
Description
You will be
allocated a personal assessor and supplied with all the necessary reading
and assessment material. Your assessor will provide you with personal
tutorial support at pre-arranged times and you will also be assessed in
the workplace via a variety of assessment methods, including observation,
witness testimonies and professional discussion.
Course Content
To
achieve a full award at Level 2 candidates must complete eight units in
total; three mandatory units and five optional units.
The mandatory
units are:
Contribute to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace
Contribute
to keeping the workplace secure
Work effectively in own organisation
The
optional units may be chosen from four groups 1-4, a full list of optional
units is available on request. Listed below is a sample
Group 1: Stock
storage and order processing
Receive goods and materials into storage
Put
goods and materials into storage
Maintain the quality of goods in
storage
Group 2: Promoting products to customers
Help customers to
choose products
Provide information and advice to customers
Group 3:
Customer services
Give customers a positive impression of yourself and
your organisation
Group 4: Organisational effectiveness
Maintain the
safety of high risk goods and materials
Maintain hygiene standards in
handling and storing food products
Where a course is aimed towards
an assessment/examination, it is expected that all students will enter for
the qualification.
Method of Assessment
Assessment is by
production of a personal portfolio of evidence demonstrating understanding
and application of the NVQ 2 performance criteria.
Progression
OCR
Level 3 NVQ in Distribution, Warehousing and Storage Operations
