Qualification to become a warehouse employee for the long-term unemployed (ESF measure)

The booming warehouse and logistics industry will continue to need qualified employees in the next few years. There are many reasons for this, including globalization, the rapid increase in online trading, broader and deeper global networks, shorter product life cycles, increased demands for flexibility, and outsourcing trends. Logistics is experiencing stable growth rates and therefore requires qualified personnel.

The control of the flow of goods and information, the handling and transport as well as the storage of goods are important functions in our economy based on the division of labor.
Sustainability is also a top priority in logistics with “Green Logistics”. Tours are planned more efficiently and fleet management is becoming more and more ecological. You will soon understand how important proper and species-appropriate storage is and how this should be done.

Logistics deals with a variety of contexts. Above all, it is about ensuring that the right goods are made available in the right quantity and quality under the most economical conditions possible at the right time and place.

Suitability assessment:

Before the start of the measures, an aptitude interview with the employment agent takes place at the job center or employment agency. At the customer's request, a personal interview with the educational provider can then be arranged.

Orientation phase:

During the orientation phase after the internship, the ISE Language and Vocational Training Center will support participants in finding a job. Contacts with employers and internship companies are intensified. The application documents are updated as part of an application training.

Module 1: Qualification module II:
(internal) transport

• Checking the goods provided in goods receipt with regard to the availability of suitable storage units
• Organization of transport to the storage locations with the selection of suitable funding and aids, taking into account accident prevention, environmental protection and, if necessary, the relevant hazardous substance regulations
• Consideration of the goods properties and storage-specific requirements
• Planning the work processes for internal transport taking into account the available technical aids
• Acceptance or delivery of the transported goods at the interfaces in compliance with operational requirements
• Use of knowledge about the structure and organization of the company as well as about company labor and collective bargaining law in order to establish a connection to the logistics service and to derive the requirements for the added value of the warehouse process as well as the need for professional training for warehouse logistics
• Order-related and appropriate use of funding under the aspects of cost minimization or economy, environmental protection and accident prevention
• Use of operational information and communication resources to provide appropriate support and assistance for receiving, storing and loading goods at the right time and in the right place

Mode 2: Qualification module III:
Storage of goods

• Storing and retrieving goods in compliance with the storage technology and goods-specific requirements
• Proper use of personal protective equipment
• Compliance with the requirements for handling dangerous goods
• Selection and use of suitable funding
• Planning the warehouse organization taking into account goods-specific properties and operational key figures
• Pre-packaging of customer-friendly sales units
• Identifying, repacking and preparing for storage followed by transport to the intended storage location
• Carrying out inventories using different types of inventory
• Compliance with storage and retrieval principles according to goods-specific specifications
• Implementation of appropriate goods care measures to maintain or develop the value of the goods
• Sorting out goods taking into account the expiry time (e.g. best before date) Booking incoming and outgoing goods
• Complaints about excess or short deliveries
• Scheduling and carrying out work steps according to operational and customer specifications
• Distributing work in teams according to company guidelines

Module 3: operational Internship (4 weeks)
An internship is essential to get to know the reality of working in the warehouse logistics sector. You can put the qualifications you acquired at the ISE Language and Vocational Training Center into practice and test, stabilize and deepen your knowledge and skills.

The internship enables you, among other things,

• to gain insight into the diverse and exciting tasks of warehouse logistics,
• to apply and further develop one's own skills and knowledge in practice,
• to make contact with your potential employer,
• to test various storage facilities, storage techniques, storage devices and conveying means in practice,
• to initiate a professional reorientation.

Other important information:

• This project is co-financed by the European Social Fund. (The European Union contributes up to 70% of the total cost of the measure.)
• In principle, the measure begins when the customer appears at the training provider. At the participant's request, it is possible for the ISE educational staff to pick up the respective customer directly from the Amberg-Sulzbach job center on the day of the consultation and introduce them to the project.
• If necessary, the costs for the necessary professional clothing for carrying out the internship will be covered by the ESF and the ISE Language and Vocational Training Center.
• Participants will be provided with a specialist book and scripts free of charge.
• If the personal requirements are met, funding can be granted by the job center.
• After the course, the participants receive an ISE certificate and certificates in accordance with Section 7 of the Vocational Training Preparation Certification Ordinance (BAVBVO) about the assessment of performance at the completion of the qualification modules.
• Internships are organized by the ISE Language and Vocational Training Center in collaboration with the participants.
• Travel costs to the training and internship center are covered by the job center and paid directly to the ISE Language and Vocational Training Center.

Certification: The ISE Language and Vocational Training Center is an approved provider under employment promotion law. Approved by the expert body of TÜV Rheinland Cert GmbH – a certification body accredited by the German Accreditation Body (DAkkS).