Warehousing operations assistant
Ventia

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Are you a student looking to gain hands-on experience in a dynamic Warehouse/Procurement environment? Here’s your chance to work at one of Australia’s largest power stations!
Located at Yallourn, this unique opportunity offers a glimpse into the operations of a facility powered by brown coal from Australia’s second-largest open-cut mine. Each year, Yallourn mines approximately 18 million tonnes of high-moisture brown coal, which is used to generate superheated steam to drive four massive turbine generators. Together, these turbines produce 1,480 megawatts of electricity per hour - enough to power around 2 million homes. This placement is ideal for students interested in logistics, supply chain, or procurement and wanting to develop their skills
in a real-world industrial setting. If this sounds like the right fit for you, please reach out to learn more about this exciting opportunity!

Skills You Might Learn

Students will gain an understanding of the skills and activities required for warehouse and procurement roles, including accurate record-keeping, preparing, storing, loading, and unloading goods, while maintaining safety and cleanliness standards.

Typical Tasks & Duties

Students will observe storepersons working across various stores within Yallourn’s Mine and Power Station.
Warehouse Duties
• Inwards & Outwards material controls (receipting)
• Preparation and completion of site orders for delivery or pickup
• Perform inventory control and auditing processes (cycle counting)
• Repairable processes (Rotables)
• Keep a clean and safe working environment, whilst following Occupational Health and Safety Procedures
• Bridge and Gantry crane and Forklift operations
Purchasing/Office Duties
• Triaging Purchase requisitions
• Obtaining competitive quotes on goods
• Raising Purchase orders
• Expediting Purchase orders
• Cataloguing Inventory Spares

Student Requirements

Must be completing the following course to be eligible:

Dress Requirements

Students must wear long sleeved top/shirt, long pants and safety boots (no shorts are permitted).

Special Transport Requirements

Students must organise their own transport to and from Yallourn Power Station

RELATED COURSES INCLUDE

• TLI20420 - Certificate II in Supply Chain Operations
• TLI30321 - Certificate III in Supply Chain Operations
• TLI32416 - Certificate III in Logistics