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Roundspersons and Van Salespersons

Roundspersons and van salespersons deliver and sell food, drink and other goods by calling on householders or by selling from a mobile shop or van and call on households to collect and receive payment for laundered or similarly serviced articles.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£10,590
£21,855
£42,483

New workers start around £10,590. Normal pay is £21,855 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £42,483.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 31,053 vacancies for this type of job

5.39%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Returns to depot and hands in unsold goods and cash.

  • Sells goods, records deliveries, takes further orders or articles requiring servicing and collects cash or prepares bill.

  • Calls out, rings bell or otherwise attracts attention to the items on sale.

  • Calls at customers’ premises and delivers ordered goods.

  • Drives vehicle over established route and parks at recognised stopping places or households.

  • Loads vehicle with food, drink, or articles that have been laundered, etc..

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Warehousing

  • Apple IOS

  • Finance

  • Retail Operations

  • Vehicle Maintenance

  • Purchasing

  • Tax Returns

  • Marketing

  • Manual Handling

  • Food Safety And Sanitation

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Customer Service

  • Communication

  • Lifting Ability

  • English Language

  • Problem Solving

  • Loading And Unloading

  • Positivity

  • Smartphone Operation

  • Sorting

  • Sales

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.