STOREKEEPER (SK)


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SKs procure, store, preserve, package and issue clothing, spare parts, provisions, technical items, and all other necessary supplies. They also keep inventories, prepare requisitions, and check incoming supplies. Storekeepers handle all logistical functions and are experts in the Coast Guard accounting system, preparing financial accounts and reports. They utilize all types of office equipment and use computers extensively. They also operate all types of material handling equipment, including forklifts.

Types of Duty:

SKs are stationed throughout the Coast Guard in all types of shore units, including groups, integrated support commands, air stations, district offices and headquarters units. They also serve at sea on icebreakers and most of the larger cutters. SKs have opportunities for independent-duty assignments on buoy tenders, search and rescue stations, and long-range navigation stations.

Training Available:

SK 'A' School is a seven-week, performance-based course. Students perform actual SK tasks, with practical exercises in:

MILSTRIP, Research Federal Logistics Data (FEDLOG)
Create MILSTRIP Messages Using Coast Guard Message System (CGMS)
Simplified Acquisition Procedures Using Finance & Procurement Desktop (FPD)
Fiscal Procedures
Shipping and Receiving
Inventory Management and Configuration Management (CMPlus)
Property Management
Transportation of Freight
Qualifications:

Computer skills, organizational skills, and an aptitude for practical mathematics are desired. Inventory and customer-service experience is a plus, although not required.

Related Civilian Jobs:

Inventory Manager
Purchaser
Accountant
Bookkeeper
Shipping and Receiving Clerk
Warehouse Supervisor
Logistics Specialist

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These poor, plain men, dwellers upon the lonely sands of Hatteras, took their lives in their hands, and, at the most imminent risk crossed the most tumultuous sea…and all for what? That others might live to see home and friends. — Annual Report of the U.S. Life- Saving Service, 1885

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Much like many other jobs in the Coast Guard, Storekeeper is a good and rewarding one. If you have any questions about the day to day life of a Storekeeper, please feel free to ask.

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How hard is it to strike sk?

it isnt to hard to strike i have meet many people that have struck and had no problem doing so. I do not know if it is still strikable at this time.

The striker list closed for SK on 1 Jan

Striker for SK is still open where I'm at.

BM, DC, SK, and I beleive MK are still temporarily strikeable.

Hi im a sn at aviation training center mobile alabama. I would like to know if SK are required to have sea time and what are the chances of being stationed on a boat? i have children and a husband so im worried about that. Also would it be better to strike it or go to A school, and how long is the waiting list for A school for SK?

This is the current a school list http://www.uscg.mil/epm/docs/A-SchoolList.pdf.. Its updated on the 15th of each month and Im prettty sure it requires sea time... I hear striking is really easy its the waiting for your name to come up on the striker suplemental list to put on your crows. Hope this helps

Sorry forgot to put the link in

No, an SK is not required to have sea time for advancement, although sea time will help out a lot when it comes to your service wide exams. The chances of being on a boat are pretty much the same chances of getting one out of boot camp, its 50/50. I personally think you will learn more striking but only under SK's that are willing to teach you the rate and not just the practical factors.

No it doesnt mean that they are taking 54 people. The 2 indecates that it will be a double class. Usually SK a school only takes 11 to 15 people per class so the 27 means that is the total amount of people they can take and teach at one time. Plus the classrooms can only hold 15 people so the class will be split between 2 classrooms. I hope this helps.

Thank you for the response! Also, I've heard that at SK A-school when you get to choose your billit its based on sea time for who gets first pick. Is this true? If so, why is it this way when many other a-schools base it on gpa/performance?

You'll get picks during indoc week so they can't use grades since you haven't even started. It is a formula based off seatime/time in service etc.

Here's how the assignment process at SK school worked when I went through.

A few weeks into the course, you will come in one day and there will be a list of picks that the detailer has provided to the school. If there are 20 students, there will usually be 20 picks. Now, you could all just pick whatever you want, and leave it up to the detailer to figure out who goes where, but nobody wants that. So basically, the class will get together and figure out the choosing order. We went by the current assignment priority system - 1 - restricted duty. 2 - afloat OCONUS. 3 - afloat CONUS. 4 - ashore OCONUS. 5 - ashore CONUS. The amount of sea time was used to differ seniority between afloat people, and the date of making E-3 was used to differ seniority between ashore people. Anyway, once we came up with our priority order, we simply went down the list. We asked the first guy what he wanted, and ran through the list all the way to 20. While it might stink to be the last one to pick, everyone generally ends up happy. When I went through there, I was fortunate to be the first guy coming from land to pick, so I was able to get my first choice of the ships. I believe that there was just as many land billets as there were afloat billets, so the people coming from land and sea basically swapped.

I hope this helps. If not, please feel free to PM me for more information.

- SKC

Hi everyone, I was just wondering if anybody could tell me a little bit about what the work schedule is like for an SK, how it might differ on a cutter vs. a small boat station, and busy season hours and such.  Thanks for all the help!

Easy stuff, 24/7/365.... I've placed orders at all times of the day, even while playing at the park with my son... There are no set hours.. Some places have you in the offive from 0630 - 1500, some places have you 0700 - 1300, everywhere is different. Every unit is different. Just because your on a cutter, doesn't mean the hours are the same, its all up to the command.

I wouldn't go so far as to say "easy stuff, 24/7/365". I might have thought the same as an SK3 and even as an SK2, but once you are either independent duty or SK1 and above, the job can be pretty demanding, especially when you seek out more responsibilities. As an SK1 in charge of a $1.8 million dollar budget, there were definitely some stressful times. After I am done here in recruiting, I will go back to being an SKC in charge of a large budget and an office full of people again. The stress can be managed though, and the job can be fun. You just have to allow yourself to have fun.

I ment easy stuff as in easy answer.... maybe a different word, or comma would have helped...... oops. I'm an INDEP Duty SK2 with an overall budget of $15 Mill over 9 units.... I hear what your saying.