eCPD Resource - Stock Check

Dental Nursing

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eCPD Resource Stock Check

Stock Checking

This activity will take place while you are on placement in a

dentist.

In this task the employer has asked you to:

• Do a stock check to identify which material needs to be

reordered

• Compare prices of some of the basic consumables used in

the dental practice

Learning

In this task, you will be covering the areas detailed below.

Dental Nursing:

• Understanding of the types of stock used in a dental

practice

• Understand the costs associated with equipment and

materials and their direct impact on treatments

Functional Skills Mathematics:

• Carry out calculations with numbers of any size in

practical context, to a given number of decimal places

Tables, charts and graphs

Functional Skills English Level 1 and Level 2:

• Formal and informal writing

• Document layout

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Tasks2

Stock Checking

Task 1

The dental practice has been very busy and needs to replenish the stock.

Your employer has asked you to complete a stock check to identify

which types of stock need to be ordered. First of all you need to work

out how many different items are stocked (this could be a large amount

so limit this to 10 items).

Plan it – think about what you need to do and how you are going to

do it

Complete a stock check

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Stock Check List

Adding stock

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Task 2

Carry out the stock check. Complete a table with the items and

stock.

Create a spreadsheet to add your stock list.

Design a table and add price

data

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Task 3

Pick 5 of the items you have listed and use the internet/catalogues to

price up the items from different suppliers.

Plan it – think about what you need to do and how you are going

to do it

Design a table to show the results.

Report Writing

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Task 4

Write a report to your employer giving details of your activity and what

your recommendations are for purchasing equipment based on your

results. You may want to use charts to show the differences in prices.

Think about what you need to do and how you are going to do it.

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