OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS PROJECT

Through this project, the Council has developed a foundation for the process of creating occupational standards for the sector. The process aimed to achieve representation of the sector's functions, and prioritized high-demand occupations or those that require an increased emphasis on training or skills development due to, for example, the impacts of technological change. Utilizing a best-practices approach, the Council developed a model in which occupational standards can be written and validated more quickly than is normal through consultation with key stakeholders in the sector. With stakeholder input, we developed a prioritized list for each of the sector's seven functional areas to identify which among the 26 occupations in the supply chain sector are most in need of occupational standards to assist in developing job descriptions, competency profiles and job-performance tools that will help to address our labour shortages. Resources were applied first to the development of standards of those occupations.

Supply Chain Occupational Standards

• Cargo and Freight Agent
• Dispatcher 
• Information Systems Analyst
• Inventory Manager
• Logistics Manager
• Material Handler
• Materials Manager
• Order Picker/Selector
• Purchasing and Inventory Clerk
• Purchasing Manager
• Sales and Marketing Manager – Supply Chain
• Shipper/Receiver
• Supervisor – Material Handlers
• Transportation Manager
• Warehouse Operations Manager

Project terms of reference

Transportation Matters Web TV Interviews:

• July 22, 2009: Kevin Maynard on the National Occupational Standards project
• August 5, 2009: Kevin Maynard and Heather MacNeil on a case study done using the National Occupational Standards
• October 22, 2009: Kevin Maynard and Heather MacNeil discuss phase two in the development of the CSCSC's National Occupational Standards project

Project Working Group

Committee Role	Name	Company/Organization
Chair	Bill Simpson	Supply Chain Systems Brampton, Ont.
Members	Tom Aldred	DB Schenker (Romark) Mississauga, Ont.
	Andy Bowden	Recochem Inc. Brampton, Ont.
	Todd Cooper	Best Buy Canada Vancouver, B.C.
	Larry Dries	TSI Group Inc. Mississauga, Ont.
	Patti Galbraith	Canadian Food Industry Council Toronto, Ont.
	Melissa Gardner	Bow Valley College Calgary, Alta.
	Julian Grush	Wheels Group Mississauga, Ont.
	Sebastian Izzo	Metro Canada Logistics Montreal, Que.
	Bob Learmonth	Supply Chain Systems Brampton, Ont.
	Anil Mislankar	Celestica Toronto, Ont.
	Mike Morrison	Standard Textile Brampton, Ont.
	Alex Rabinovich	Advanced Micro Devices Vaughan, Ont.
	John Robertson	Petro-Canada Mississauga, Ont.
	Verne Schneider	Bayside Consulting Inc. Wabamum, Alta.
	Allan Smith	BCG Logistics Inc. Mississauga, Ont.
Staff Program Manager	Beverly Myers	Canadian Supply Chain Sector Council Mississauga, Ont.
Project Manager	Dale Ross	Canadian Supply Chain Sector Council Mississauga, Ont.