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Career Training

Warehouse Technician Training Handout

Warehouse Technician

This is a seven-week program in partnership with the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) that prepares individuals with disabilities for jobs in a modern warehouse. The program includes classroom and on-the-job training and is taught by a CCBC instructor.

Training Includes:

Material storage
Equipment handling
Receiving incoming stock
Preparing goods for shipment
Forklift safety certification
Warehouse safety guidelines

Program Requirements:

Basic computer literacy
A clean background check or an ability to get bonded
Basic math and reading skills
Ability to follow step-by-step directions
Basic problem-solving and observation skills
Ability to lift 50 pounds
Ability to tolerate varied workplace temperatures
Ability to stand for long periods of time
Access to private transportation is strongly recommended as most warehouses are not on public transportation

A man giving another man directions on how to drive a forklift.

Warehouse training teaches students about safety, receiving and shipping goods, and operating a forklift. Three men and a woman in a ReStore store. The woman is giving one of them instructions on moving some boxes.

Three men and a woman in a ReStore store. The woman is giving one of them instructions on moving some boxes.

Students participate in classroom and on-the-job training. 5 young men in matching shirts pose outside a building.

2301 Argonne Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218

410-554-9442 | 888-554-0334 | 443-798-2840 VP

The Vocational Rehabilitation program receives 78.7% of its funding through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. For Federal fiscal year 2019, the total amount of grant funds awarded were $47,197,460. The remaining 21.3% of the costs ($12,773,900) were funded by State appropriations.