ANZSCO 611399

Other Sales Representatives

Overview

EMPLOYED

17,100

PART-TIME SHARE

18%

FEMALE SHARE

39%

MEDIAN WEEKLY EARNINGS

N/A

MEDIAN AGE

43

ANNUAL EMPLOYMENT GROWTH

N/A

About this data

Summary

Other Sales Representatives includes jobs like Sales Representative (Jewellery and Watches), Sales Representative (Musical Goods), and Sales Representative (Photographic Equipment and Supplies).

Tasks

  • Promotes and sells the company's goods and services
  • Acquires and updates knowledge of employer's and competitors' goods and services, and market conditions
  • Uses directories and other sources to compile lists of prospective business clients
  • Visits clients and retail outlets to establish selling opportunities
  • Quotes prices and credit terms, records orders and arranges deliveries
  • Follows up clients and ensures satisfaction with goods and services and resolves any problems
  • Monitors clients' changing needs and competitor activity and reports on these developments to sales and marketing management
  • Prepares sales reports
  • Maintains and submits records of business expenses incurred
  • Provides direct service to customers to assist them in their purchasing and after sales needs
  • May follow up clients to ensure satisfaction with goods and services and resolve any problems
  • May maintain records, perform reception duties and liaise with management

ANZSCO Classification

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    Hours worked

    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Note: those who were classified as "Employed, away from work" at the time of the 2021 Census (accounting for approx. 8% of total employment), have been excluded from the "Average full-time hours worked per week" denominator.
    Hours worked Other Sales Representatives All Occupations
    Share of workers who work full-time hours 82% 64%
    Average full-time hours worked per week 42 hours 44 hours

    Industries

    Other Sales Representatives work in industries like:

    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Note: industries that comprise less than 5% of an occupation have been suppressed.

    States and territories

    New South Wales

    34.4%

    Victoria

    28.7%

    Queensland

    18.5%

    South Australia

    5.5%

    Tasmania

    1.1%

    Northern Territory

    0.4%

    Australian Capital Territory

    0.9%

    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.

    Age and gender

    Age and Gender Profile
    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Age and Gender Other Sales Representatives All Occupations
    Median age 43 years 40 years
    Female share of employment 39% 49%
    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Age Profile (% Share) All Occupations Other Sales Representatives
    15–19 5.2 0.7
    20–24 9.1 5.5
    25–34 22.7 22.9
    35–44 22.3 25.5
    45–54 20.4 25.2
    55–59 8.8 9.6
    60–64 6.5 6.6
    65 and Over 4.9 4.1

    Education

    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence. Highest qualification completed by workers in this job (in any field of study).
    Qualifications needed by new workers might be different from the qualifications of workers already in the job.
    Note: the sum of the educational attainment categories may not add up to 100% due to the exclusion of non-descriptive categories such as not stated responses.
    Highest Level of Educational Attainment (% Share) All Occupations Other Sales Representatives
    Post Graduate/Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate 12.2 7.4
    Bachelor degree 23.2 21.4
    Advanced Diploma/Diploma 11.1 14.5
    Certificate III/IV 19.5 18.3
    Year 12 15.9 21.7
    Year 11 4.0 4.2
    Year 10 and below 9.7 7.8
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