£14,560
Average salary at age 20
£22,880
Average Salary
32
Average hours per week
Description
Sales and retail assistants demonstrate and sell a variety of goods and services in shops, stores, showrooms and similar establishments.Main Tasks
- Discusses customer requirements, including type and price range of goods/services desired;
- Advises customer on selection, purchase, use and care of merchandise and quotes prices, discounts and delivery times;
- Advises customer making major purchase on credit terms and arranges finance as appropriate;
- Receives full or partial payment, checks validity of form of payment, writes or prints bill, receipt or docket and packages merchandise for customer;
- Arranges and replenishes goods on display stands, undertakes stock checks and assists with the receipt of deliveries from suppliers into the stock room;
- Handles returns and deals with customer complaints.
Qualifications
No minimum academic qualifications are required although some employers may require GCSEs/S grades. Training is typically provided on-the-job. Apprenticeships and NVQs/SVQs in Retail Operations are available at various levels.What Sales and retail assistants studied in higher education
| Occupation | Percentage Value |
|---|---|
| (L7) Human & social geography | 1 |
| (G1) Mathematics | 1 |
| (W2) Design studies | 8 |
| (L3) Sociology | 4 |
| (C1) Biology | 2 |
| (H3) Mechanical engineering | 1 |
| (F1) Chemistry | 1 |
| (C8) Psychology | 6 |
| (W1) Fine art | 2 |
| (W3) Music | 2 |
| (F6) Geology | 1 |
| (F8) Physical geographical sciences | 2 |
| (W8) Imaginative writing | 1 |
| (W6) Cinematics & photography | 4 |
| (C7) Molecular biology, biophysics & biochemistry | 1 |
| (Q3) English studies | 5 |
| (L2) Politics | 2 |
| (K1) Architecture | 1 |
| (N5) Marketing | 2 |
| (W4) Drama | 3 |
| (M1) Law by area | 1 |
| (M2) Law by topic | 2 |
| (J9) Others in technology | 1 |
| (I2) Information systems | 1 |
| (N8) Hospitality, leisure, sport, tourism & transport | 2 |
| (B9) Others in subjects allied to medicine | 1 |
| (B1) Anatomy, physiology & pathology | 1 |
| (P5) Journalism | 1 |
| (F4) Forensic & archaeological sciences | 1 |
| (V5) Philosophy | 1 |
| (L1) Economics | 1 |
| (N1) Business studies | 5 |
| (X3) Academic studies in education | 2 |
| (L5) Social work | 1 |
| (X1) Training teachers | 1 |
| (N4) Accounting | 1 |
| (C6) Sport & exercise science | 4 |
| (C3) Zoology | 1 |
| (P3) Media studies | 3 |
| (N2) Management studies | 2 |
| (V1) History by period | 4 |
| (H6) Electronic & electrical engineering | 1 |
| (L6) Anthropology | 1 |
| (I1) Computer science | 3 |
| (W5) Dance | 1 |
UK Prospects
914300
Workforce Size
1.53%
Predicted decline 2024 - 2027
125505
Predicted Replacement 2024 - 2027
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