How to become a Storekeeper

Also called: Inventory administrator, Storeroom clerk, Stores clerk, Supply clerk, Toolroom keeper, Warehouse clerk, Warehouse storekeeper, Warehouse Storekeeper/Inventory Coordinator/Logistics Coordinator, Ÿ Warehouse storekeeper

Storekeeper receives, stores and issues tools, merchandise, equipment or other goods and maintains relevant records. He/she checks incoming goods against demand notes, vouchers or other documents, notes damages or deficiencies and enters the details of goods received in storeroom ledgers or on record cards. He/she also ensures that goods are placed in the correct position in store, marking them with identifications as required, issues stock and makes requisitions for replacements according to instructions or on own initiative and periodically checks stock against stock records and submits reports.

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: $30,000 a year. The middle half earn $24,000 to $36,960 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 Storekeeper earn in Singapore?

Median full-time pay is $30,000 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $24,000 to $36,960.

Will AI change the work of a Storekeeper?

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