Simulated workplaceCAQA Timberline Forest and Wood Products is a fictional business created by CAQA for training and assessment. It is not a real company and no person, client or record here is real.About this simulation
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Simulated workplace
Department

Timber Merchandising and Despatch

Stocks and sells the mill's product and bought-in lines to frame and truss plants, builders, fencing contractors and merchants from Dandenong South, preparing take-offs and quotes, picking and packing orders and despatching by company truck.

Merchandising Manager24 staff
Home/Departments/Timber Merchandising and Despatch
Responsibilities

What the team is accountable for

  • Prepare take-offs and quotes from plans
  • Maintain accurate stock and pack locations in the yard
  • Pick, pack, strap and load customer orders
  • Schedule deliveries and manage the truck fleet
  • Handle customer claims and returns
Performance measures

How we know it is working

95.6%
Orders despatched in full on time
1.4 days
Quote turnaround
98.8%
Stock accuracy
People

Who works here

AP

Ashwin Pillai

Merchandising Manager

Ashwin manages the Dandenong South yard, the quoting desk and the delivery fleet, and joined from a frame and truss plant five years ago.

DF

Danny Fitzgibbon

Yard and Despatch Team Leader

Danny leads the pickers, forklift operators and drivers at Dandenong South and has worked in timber yards for fourteen years.