Warehouse Order Picking Work Task Box: Location Codes, Ages 14 to 21

Warehouse and stockroom jobs come up a lot for students, and the work is mostly reading codes carefully. A student who can read B 2 to 4 and not grab B 4 to 2 is a student a supervisor can trust. This hands on vocational work task box lets students practice the reading and the checking at a table before they are walking real aisles. The short picks are on purpose. On a real job, an empty bin is normal, and the right move is to write it up and tell someone, not to grab something close. For high school special education, transition programs for ages 18 to 21, vocational and CTE classes, job coaches, and work based learning teams. Grades 9 to 12 and adult transition. Level A works for emerging readers within that band.

• Level A: 12 one item pick tickets

• Level B: 24 three item pick tickets

• Level C: 24 five item pick tickets with quantities, including 3 short picks

• 4 shelf grid mats (one per aisle, 12 bins each) and 48 item cards

• 3 EMPTY BIN cards and short pick slips for Level C

• 1 page on reading location codes and 1 location grid page

• 3 practice pages, one for each level

• Answer key for every ticket and practice page

• Data sheet and a 10 session accuracy graph

• A plan for trying it for real at school, with a 5 item supervisor check

• Blank tickets and blank item cards

Set up the four shelf grid mats with the 48 item cards. At Level A, students pull one item by its exact code. At Level B, they pick 3 items and check each one off. At Level C, they pick 5 items with quantities. Three bins are empty at Level C, so students write 0 and fill out a short pick slip. Students check their picks against the ticket codes (cover codes with tape if they peek), and you record accuracy and prompt level.

My Warehouse Job Skills Task Cards teach picking, packing, and forklift safety as site procedure cards. This Work Task Box is a tabletop picking station: shelf grid mats, item cards, pick tickets, short pick slips, self check codes, and a data sheet. No warehouse procedure cards or forklift content are repeated. Part of the Work Task Boxes series: one layout across every job, three levels (A match, B use a reference, C handle twists), self check codes, blank cards for your own site, and a data sheet with a 10 session graph.

Made by Jeremy D. Gooch, special education teacher and transition coordinator. Drafting and layout had AI assistance; every page was checked by me.