Sales Demonstrator
OFO Code: 524201
Last checked 3 October 2026
1. Occupation identity
- OFO code
- 524201
- Occupation
- Sales Demonstrator
- Classification
- OFO 2021
- Major group
- SERVICE AND SALES WORKERS
- Unit group
- 5242 · Sales Demonstrators
Official description
Sales demonstrators demonstrate goods at commercial premises, exhibitions and private homes.
More official OFO detail
Specialisations: Promotion Salesperson, Merchandiser
- Answering questions and offering advice on the use of goods
- Taking orders and making arrangements for payment, delivery and collection of goods
- Offering sample goods and distributing catalogues and advertising material
- Selling goods or directing customers to sales staff
- Setting up displays and demonstrating articles for sale to inform customers about their characteristics and mode of use, as well as to stimulate buying interest
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