The Datum Report

Occupation 9249 · Elementary occupations

Elementary sales occupations n.e.c.

Job holders in this unit group perform a variety of elementary sales related occupations not elsewhere classified in minor group 924: Elementary sales occupations.

How people enter it

There are no minimum academic entry requirements. Some on-the-job training may be provided.

What the work involves

• strips old posters from hoardings and fits new posters using brushes and working from a ladder if necessary
• collects shopping baskets and trolleys in and around wholesale/retail establishments and positions near entrance to store
• offers shopping baskets to customers entering retail establishments
• select goods and groceries ordered online by customers, ensuring orders are picked, bagged and stored
• wraps and packs goods for customers

Also called

Code controller (wholesale, retail trade) · Home shopper · Internet shopper (retail trade) · Order picker (retail trade) · Porter (retail trade) · Trolley assistant

What it pays

Every regional figure

ONS does not publish occupational pay below region. Cells the survey could not support are shown as withheld, with its reason — adding a region split to a specific occupation leaves roughly a tenth of cells publishable.

Common questions

Classified alongside this

Shelf fillers