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Sales Assistant (General)
OFO Code: 522301
Last checked 3 October 2026
1. Occupation identity
- OFO code
- 522301
- Occupation
- Sales Assistant (General)
- Classification
- OFO 2021
- Major group
- SERVICE AND SALES WORKERS
- Unit group
- 5223 · Shop Sales Assistants
Official description
Shop sales assistants sell a range of goods and services directly to the public or on behalf of retail and wholesale establishments, and explain the functions and qualities of these goods and services.
More official OFO detail
Specialisations: Supermarket Assistant / Worker, Retail Assistant, Swimming Pool Salesperson, Fast Food Assistant / Operator, Food Demonstrator, Pawnbroker, Clothing Sales Assistant, Foodmarket Worker, Counterhand, Shop Assistant, Perishable Sales Worker, Cosmetic Sales Assistant, Telephone Salesperson, Hardware Sales Assistant, Sales Person / Consultant
- Selling goods and services, accepting payment by a variety of payment methods, preparing sales invoices and recording sales using cash registers
- Stacking and displaying goods for sale, and wrapping and packing goods sold
- Assisting with the ongoing management of stock such as product inventories and participating in stock takes
- Demonstrating and explaining to customers the establishment's goods and services
- Determining customer requirements and advising on product range, price, delivery, warranties and product use and care
2. Demand status
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3. Salary evidence
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5. Qualification
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7. Industry, sector and provincial context
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10. Sources for this page
- DHET Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO 2021) · Planned
- DHET Occupations in High Demand · Planned
- Critical Skills List · Planned
- QCTO qualifications and occupational certificates · Planned
- Stats SA Quarterly Labour Force Survey · Planned
- SETA Sector Skills Plans / hard-to-fill vacancy tables · Planned