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Sales and retail assistants demonstrate and sell a variety of goods and services in shops, stores, showrooms and similar establishments.

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

Entry Requirements

No minimum academic qualifications are required although some employers may require GCSEs/S grades. Training is typically provided on-the-job. Vocational qualifications in Retail Operations and relevant apprenticeships are available at various levels.

What could I earn?

Salaries for this occupation tend to be around

£23,000 per annum

Is it in growth or decline?

There are currently 159,620 employed Sales & Retail Assistants in the region.

Current Vacancies

Retail Sales Assistant - HATFIELD
/ JG Foods t/a Grape Tree Limited / 4 Jul 2025
Retail Sales Assistant - Didcot
/ JG Foods t/a Grape Tree Limited / 4 Jul 2025
Apprentice Retail Sales Assistant
/ inploi / 4 Jul 2025
Apprentice Retail Sales Assistant
/ inploi / 4 Jul 2025
Apprentice Retail Sales Assistant
/ inploi / 4 Jul 2025

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