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Certified Warehousing & Distribution Specialist Certificate

The Certified Warehousing and Distribution Specialist (CWDS) curriculum produces skilled employees for a variety of industries. Skills taught in the courses are drawn from typical job skills requirements as determined by needs analyses and interviews with supervisors and managers of Georgia's leading edge warehousing and distribution operations.

Admission Requirements

  • Be at least 16 years old.
  • Successfully pass the COMPASS exam.
  • $25.00 Application Fee.

Program Description

  • 158 Contact hours (15 credit hours).
  • Students must maintain a grade point average of 2.0 or better each quarter to progress in this program of study.

Courses

DMM 154 Working in a Warehouse Environment: 2 credit hours

  • Introduction to the CWDS Program
  • Introduction to Business Principles
  • General Plant Safety
  • Learning for Success
  • Managing Change
  • Self Management and Personal Wellness
  • Positive Work Ethic

DMM 156 Warehousing Workforce Skills: 2 credit hours

  • The Art of Effective Communication
  • Working Together
  • Positive Image
  • Interview Skills

DMM 158 Warehousing and Distribution Process: 4 credit hours

  • Warehousing and Distribution
  • Warehousing Productivity Measures
  • Methods of Inventory Management
  • Protecting Materials and Merchandise
  • Palletizing Handling Systems
  • Processing Hazardous Materials

DMM 160 Warehousing Technology Skills: 3 credit hours

  • Mechanical Fundamentals
  • Scanners and Data Entry
  • Warehousing Data Applications
  • Problem Solving
  • Introduction to Industrial Controls
  • Introduction to Computers Automation
  • Math and Measurement
  • Calculators
  • Powered Industrial Truck Operator
  • Warehousing Simulations

DMM 162 Representative Warehousing Skills: 4 credit hours

  • Math and Measurement
  • Calculators
  • Powered Industrial Truck Operator
  • Warehousing Simulations