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Elementary Sales Occupations

Job holders in this unit group perform a variety of elementary sales related occupations.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£3,784
£16,197
£30,838

New workers start around £3,784. Normal pay is £16,197 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £30,838.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 32,691 vacancies for this type of job

2.10%

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?

  • Wraps and packs goods for customers.

  • Select goods and groceries ordered online by customers, ensuring orders are picked, bagged and stored .

  • Offers shopping baskets to customers entering retail establishments.

  • Collects shopping baskets and trolleys in and around wholesale/retail establishments and positions near entrance to store.

  • Strips old posters from hoardings and fits new posters using brushes and working from a ladder if necessary.

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.

  • Order Processing

  • Warehousing

  • Invoicing

  • Order Management Systems

  • Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

  • Order Management

  • Data Entry

  • Customer Relationship Management

  • SAP Applications

  • Finance

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

  • Detail Oriented

  • Sales

  • Management

  • Organizational Skills

  • Problem Solving

  • Operations

  • Microsoft Excel

  • Microsoft Office

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.