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Overview
Shop assistants support daily store work by helping customers, refilling goods, keeping shelves and displays in order, selling products and maintaining the shop area.
In job descriptions, look for customer advice, cash register work, product display, stock checks, deliveries, online orders, special offers and store cleanliness.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Shop assistant work is based in the sales area, stockroom and checkout. A normal shift can move between greeting customers, finding products, replenishing shelves, checking deliveries, arranging displays and keeping the shop tidy.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth comes from product knowledge, customer needs, stock routines, payment handling and store instructions. Some roles lean toward online orders, deliveries, campaigns or a specific product area.
Salary context
Pay is best read through store size, opening hours, sales targets, checkout responsibility, product knowledge and whether the role includes ordering or delivery checks.
Career paths
Development can move from reliable shop floor support toward senior sales assistant, visual merchandising, stock coordination, department responsibility or store supervision.
Good to know
Check whether the vacancy names the product area, cash register tasks, stock system, delivery handling, opening or closing duties and expected customer contact.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include sales assistant and specialised seller.
Explore this activityRetail sale of automotive fuel
This occupation may also occur in this activity. Other occupations there include sales assistant, specialised seller and fuel station specialised seller.
Explore this activityRetail sale of information and communication equipment
Another possibility is this activity. Other occupations there include sales assistant, specialised seller and computer and accessories specialised seller.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 1
Retail Salespersons
41-2031.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
The official mapping connects this O*NET occupation to many ESCO occupations.
Source and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
AltoTrail preserves the source relationship type. The order is technical and does not show which occupation is best, most relevant or recommended.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
47.1Non-specialised retail sale47.4Retail sale of information and communication equipment47.2Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco47.5Retail sale of other household equipment47.7Retail sale of other goods, except motor vehicles and motorcycles47.6Retail sale of cultural and recreational goods47.3Retail sale of automotive fuel
Alternative labels
garden centre shop assistant
filling station shop assistant
senior shop assistant
hypermarket shop assistant
outlet centre shop assistant
museum shop assistant
outlet centre shop worker
trainee shop worker
department store shop assistant
hypermarket shop worker
trainee shop assistant
department store shop worker
supermarket shop worker
filling station shop worker
garden centre shop worker
supermarket shop assistant
senior shop worker
Occupation group
Shop sales assistants (5223)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/0b15375e-dfdd-4047-9efb-096e0aaee7d2 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 5223.6 |
| ISCO group | 5223 |
| Concept type | Occupation |