Sells goods and services such as horse care equipment, animal health supplies and saddlery in retail or wholesale equestrian and rural supply store.

Determines customer requirements and advises on product range, price, delivery, warranties and product use and care; demonstrates and explains to customers the establishment's goods and services; sells goods and services; accepts payment for goods and services by a variety of payment methods and prepares sales invoices; assists with the ongoing management of stock such as product inventories and participates in stocktakes; stacks and displays goods for sale, and wraps and packs goods sold.

• Indoor retail shop environment or wholesalers.
• Works at counters and deals directly with the public.
• Will usually work in adequately heated and ventilated
• Workspaces will usually be clean and well-maintained and set-up to provide a welcoming sales environment for customers.

• Typically a light to medium work demand level.
• Frequently stands at sales counters or walks about the workspace assisting customers, locating merchandise, shelving product or setting up shop displays.
• Manually or electronically enters customer purchases into the till, receives cash, cheques, eftpos and credit card payments and processes these and issues receipts. May issue customers sales invoices.
• Lifts and passes items purchased across the scanner (where used) and may need to wrap or pack goods.
• Stretching and/or twisting movements are likely to be required occasionally when reaching up or down to shelves for merchandise.
• Bending, squatting or crouching movements may be required when demonstrating a product’s use, picking items up or stocking shelves.
• Lifting, pulling or carrying requirements will be occasional and generally of a light to medium demand level for most sales of these types of products.
• Repetitive hand and finger movements are necessary when operating electronic tills, computers and pricing guns.
• Driving is not likely to be required.
• Use of office hand-held equipment such as pens or calculators will be occasional.
• Mental skills necessary include communication, memory, recording and calculating skills.

An NZQF Level 1 qualification, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5).

For some occupations a short period of on-the-job training may be required in addition to or instead of the formal qualification. In some instances no formal qualification or on-the-job training may be required.

• There are opportunities for flexibility of movement.