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| Company objective & values |
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| Company role |
| Bespoke
warehousing and distribution company, offering a back
office system to companies who want to develop products.
It is the middleman from the manufacturer to the retailer. |
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| Key skills & competences |
- Practical warehousing and logistics skills
- Administration invoicing skills
- Health & Safety within the warehouse
- Customer relations and communication skills
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| Links with national curriculum |
| Useful |
Maths &
numeracy |
Throughout
the accounting procedures |
| Useful |
Art |
Marketing, brochures, logos
etc. |
| Strong |
Geography |
Extensive knowledge required
of source countries and UK routes |
| Useful |
ICT |
All office systems are
PC based |
| Useful |
PE |
Warehouse staff have extensive
manual handling duties and have to be fit |
| Useful |
PSHE |
Health & Safety, Appearance,
Working with other people |
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| Areas that could be used in lessons |
- Geographical topic on how products come from Far
East to Winsford and eventually on to the UK
- PE content of the need to be fit in the warehouse
- English & Maths within the admin & sales
areas
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| How could it be made interesting
and appropriate? |
- Children will be interested to learn how their
electrical equipment gets from China to their home
- Relating experiences with containers containing
unexpected things including livestock
- Some products are endorsed by celebrities and
this will enable the children to relate to them.
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| Background information |
- The company will visit the school as the Health
& Safety risks at the warehouse would be unacceptable
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