Career spotlight
Sales and retail assistants
Average National Salaries (2020)
Age 20
£14,560
Age 35
£24,440
Age 50
£28,600
Average salary in the East Midlands: £13,000
What does this career do?
Sales and retail assistants demonstrate and sell a variety of goods and services in shops, stores, showrooms and similar establishments.
Typical tasks
- discusses customer requirements, including type and price range of goods/services desired
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advises customer on selection, purchase, use and care of merchandise and quotes prices, discounts and delivery times
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advises customer making major purchase on credit terms and arranges finance as appropriate
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receives full or partial payment, checks validity of form of payment, writes or prints bill, receipt or docket and packages merchandise for customer
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arranges and replenishes goods on display stands, undertakes stock checks and assists with the receipt of deliveries from suppliers into the stock room
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handles returns and deals with customer complaints.
Current entry requirements
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.
Percentage in work
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Predicted employment status in 2022
Full-time
Part-time
Self Employed
Predicted employment levels in the East Midlands
Career related courses available at West Notts
There are no current courses offered by West Notts that are related to this career.
About the statistics
Data is powered by LMI for All and is sourced from labour market statistics from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the Institute for Employment Research, the Department for Works and Pensions, and the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.