3051

Description

Inventory Management Specialists perform various duties within logistics chain management to include receiving, inspecting, locating, storing, rotating (first in-first out), safekeeping, issuing, preparing, shipping, material return, and disposal of materiel and equipment. These clerks maintain automated or manual locator systems in order to conduct inventories, maintain records of issued durable goods, and monitor shelf-life items; separate and handle hazardous material according to its classification and as indicated by material safety data sheets; input data entry transactions, and retrieval of historical records. They utilize and maintain handheld optical character recognition scanners, devices, and multimedia retrieval systems. These Marines are licensed to operate material handling equipment (MHE) in both garrison and deployed environments as well as operate bulk and small parts conveyer systems used in automated warehousing operations. Marines assigned to this occupational field receive, sort, document, and store inventory as well as prepare, pack, and issue inventory in open, enclosed, and hazardous material storage areas. They will use detailed technical data for the development and execution of a care and storage requirements to include the development of storage space requirements, per weight, cube, and clearance factors by categories of supply.