How to become a stock records clerk
Official title: Stock records clerk
Also called: Inventory clerk (stock control), Records clerk (stock control), Spares control clerk, Stock control clerk, Store records assistant, Store Assistant, Inventory clerk (stock control), Stock control clerk, Store records assistant
Stock records clerk maintains stock records and controls the amount of stock held by an organisation. He/she examines delivery and issues vouchers and makes necessary entries in records. He/she also calculates stock held in various departments, examines production, sales or other records and estimates future needs. He/she may be in charge of stocks and also periodically check records against stocks held and check inventories kept by other workers.
Main tasks
- Arranging and controlling receipt and dispatch of goods and keeping relevant records
- Maintaining stock records, verifying issue of goods, estimating needs and making requisitions of new stocks
- Receiving, storing and issuing tools, spare parts, or various equipment and maintaining relevant records
- Weighing goods received, issued, produced, or dispatched and maintaining relevant records
- Compiling inventories of furniture and other items received for storage
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $32,592 a year. The middle half earn $23,400 to $47,196 a year.
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How much does a stock records clerk earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $32,592 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $23,400 to $47,196.
Will AI change the work of a stock records clerk?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026