Course title: Warehouse, Stock & Dispatch Clerk: Get Hired in Logistics

Level: Beginner. No warehouse experience needed.

Duration: Self-paced — about 5–6 hours of reading, practice and quizzes across 7 chapters.

Format: Text lessons, short videos, hands-on practice activities, a quiz after every chapter, a final assessment and a certificate of completion.

What you need: A phone or computer with internet. You’ll use free Google Sheets or Excel for the stock record activities.

Price: R199 once-off (online)

Certificate: PurpleGrowth certificate of completion, issued automatically when you finish all chapters and the final assessment

What this course gets you

By the end of this course you will be able to:

• Explain how warehouses and distribution centres work, and the jobs inside them

• Receive deliveries correctly using purchase orders, delivery notes and GRVs

• Control stock with SKUs, FIFO, FEFO, ABC analysis and reorder points

• Count stock, investigate variances and keep stock records in Excel or Google Sheets

• Pick, pack and dispatch orders with the right documents

• Process returns and credit notes, and work safely under the OHS Act

• Write a strong CV, pass assessments and answer warehouse interview questions

Who this course is for

• Job seekers who want to get hired as dispatch, receiving or stock clerks

• General workers and picker-packers who want to move into clerk roles

• Retail staff who handle stock and deliveries

• Small business owners who want better control of their stock

Further free resources

Free sites and tools to keep learning and find work after the course. All free at the time of writing.

• JobAlertsZA — a free tool that finds matching jobs for you: set alerts for dispatch, receiving and stock clerk roles — https://jobalertsza.com/

• Occupational Health and Safety Act, section 14 — your duties as an employee, in full — https://api.acts.co.za/occupational-health-and-safety-act-1993/14__general_duties_of_employees_at_work.php

• Alison: Warehouse Management — a free online course on warehouse processes — https://alison.com/course/warehouse-management-principles-trends-and-processes

• Sortly — free stock app plan (up to 100 items) to practise recording stock — https://www.sortly.com/pricing/

• Zoho Inventory — free plan for small businesses — https://www.zoho.com/inventory/pricing/

• HSE: Manual handling at work — a free guide to safe lifting — https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg143.pdf