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Cash Van Salesperson

621711 · Medium Next-day ready

Description

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.