Warehouse & Stores Operations
Goods in to goods out: receiving, location discipline, picking accuracy, stock counts and the paperwork that reconciles.
- Award
- Occupational Certificate
- Level
- Level 3
- Duration
- 18 weeks · 320 hours
- Delivery
- 55% online · 45% in person
- Units
- 7 units
- Intake
- Phase 01 · Kampala
Overview
A warehouse fails quietly. Stock drifts from the system, picks go out wrong, and nobody knows until a count. This programme trains the location and record discipline that prevents it.
Learners work a real stores operation through receiving, put-away, picking, despatch and cyclical counting, and are assessed on accuracy rather than speed alone.
What you study
7 units · 320 notional hours. Hours shown are the notional allocation used for planning and progression.
Layout, flow, roles, service levels and how stores connect to procurement and production.
Manual handling, racking safety, segregation of pedestrians and vehicles, PPE and housekeeping.
Checking against orders, discrepancy and damage reporting, labelling and location assignment.
Location codes, FIFO and FEFO rotation, system transactions and keeping records live.
Pick accuracy, checking, packing standards, documentation and loading.
Cyclical counts, full counts, investigating variance and adjustment authority.
Shrinkage, access control, high-value handling and escalation of suspected loss.
How you are assessed
Practical competence is assessed in person by a qualified assessor against written criteria. No practical competence is assessed online.
Receiving, picking and despatch observed across full cycles
Pick and count accuracy measured against system records
Real goods-received notes, pick lists and count sheets
Recorded questioning on variance, rotation and escalation
Entry requirements
- 18 years or older at the start of the programme
- Senior Four (UCE) or equivalent — or recognition of prior learning for stores workers
- Numeracy sufficient for counting and reconciliation
- Physical capability for warehouse work
Certification
Learners receive the ASIEA award and the evidence behind it. External certification is being sought: the units, notional hours and assessment on this page are written so a certification body can map them to its own qualifications.
Where it leads
Roles shown are indicative of the sector this course is designed for, not guaranteed placements.
Next steps
Two minutes. No documents needed yet.
A guided call on fit, schedule and prior experience.
Entry evidence reviewed and a placement matched to you.
Enrolment, induction date and your learner record opened.
Phase 01 fees are published at admission. Payment plans and employer-sponsored places form part of the intended Phase 01 model.