Cash Van Salesperson
621711 · Medium Next-day readyDescription
Drives a van or light truck on established routes to sell goods and services.
Typical work tasks
- Collects goods and transports them along established routes, to door-to-door areas, and to street and market locations; displays and demonstrates goods, and explains the qualities of goods to customers; informs customers of new goods and services; receives payments from customers and gives change; records transactions on customer receipts and sales records; wraps and packages goods sold; develops lists of prospective customers and calls on them to obtain new business; orders and purchases goods for sale, and monitors and maintains stock levels; may attract attention by playing music, singing and calling out goods and services for sale.
Typical work environment
- Works outdoors from light trucks or closed vans.
- Deals directly with the public.
- Workspaces are variably heated and ventilated depending on the nature of the vehicle and the product for sale.
Typical physical and mental demands
- Light to medium demand work levels.
- Constantly stands or sits to carry out sales activities.
- Sitting is constantly required when driving.
- Occasionally walks to facilitate meetings with customers and to demonstrate products.
- Twisting of the body or neck is likely to be required to facilitate driving.
- Contact with skin irritants or water is unlikely.
- Lifting, pulling or carrying will vary from none to medium, depending upon the type of products being sold and the manner in which the stock is moved, loaded and delivered.
- Bending squatting or crouching may be required on an occasional basis if there is the need to pick up raw ingredients or materials from floor level.
- Repetitive movements may be required in operating tills, eftpos machines and other items related to the making and selling of products.
- Driving will be constantly required.
- Use of hand-held equipment will include pens, cash handling, staplers and other equipment items associated with these types of sale activity.
- Mental skills necessary include communication, sales, recording and calculating.
Entry signal Reviewed
No formal entry barrier — can start without prior training. Flagged next-day ready.
Entry barrier No formal entry barrier
Licence / registration No licence required
ANZSCO skill level 5
Next-day ready Yes
How this was determined (model-generated): Cash van salesperson, Nil requirements; a driver licence may help but text states none and is not core-mandated.
Entry Requirements
- Nil (ANZSCO Skill Level 5).
Further Comments
- There are opportunities for flexibility of movement.