£7,800
Average salary at age 20
£22,880
Average Salary
39
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.UK Prospects
914300
Workforce Size
4.89%
Predicted decline 2025 - 2035
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