Working in Warehousing & Logistics

The handling, storage and movement of goods and materials is a vast and complex business. To keep pace with the needs of manufacturers and retailers, warehouse work is available at all levels, from jobs that require no qualifications for entry, to positions for university graduates.

On our roads, thousands of vans and lorries take all sorts of products and raw materials to where they are needed - to factories, warehouses, and shops, or to shipping ports or airports for export. Just think of the products in supermarkets - they all need to be supplied regularly - sometimes daily from all over the world.

Management of the movement of goods and materials along the supply chain, from the source of raw materials to a finished product delivered to the end-user, is called logistics, and is a complex business.

Advances in computer technology and automation have made a difference to the way warehouses operate. Within a few hours of receiving an order, items can be gathered and delivered. The increase in online shopping means that single items need to be selected or 'picked' from the shelves and sent to individual customers, rather than dealing with bulk orders.

Come to our webinar to find out more about this growing sector and how to find job vacancies.

This event will be delivered via MS Teams.

For new customers, we recommend that you have an appointment with a National Careers Service adviser before the webinar takes place.

In the appointment, the careers adviser will help you to:

• explore different careers and options

• review your strengths, skills and develop your career goals

• plan your next steps

• make the best use of high-quality, career-related tools

• understand the local job market

• access learning, training, apprenticeship and employment opportunities, including making applications

• develop your CV, interview skills and job searching techniques

• implement your plan of action.

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