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65109 – Other sales related occupations

Workers in other sales related occupations sell goods or services during home demonstrations or by telephone soliciting, retail exhibitions or street vending. They are employed by a wide range of retail and wholesale establishments, manufacturers, telemarketing companies and call centres, or they may be self-employed.

Profile

Index of titles Example job titles

  • Beauty products consultant - door-to-door sales
  • Beauty products representative - home sales
  • Canvasser - retail
  • Canvassing agent
  • Catalogue agent - retail
  • Catalogue sales agent - retail
  • Cigarette vendor
  • Cleaning products salesperson - door-to-door sales
  • Comparison shopper
  • Cosmetics demonstrator - retail
  • Cosmetics salesperson - home sales
  • Demonstrator - retail
  • Direct distributor - retail
  • Direct seller
  • Door-to-door salesperson
  • Food demonstrator - retail
  • Home demonstrator - retail
  • Home salesperson
  • Magazine distribution agent - retail
  • Magazine subscription solicitor
  • Newspaper vendor
  • Newspaper vendor - street sales
  • Personal shopper
  • Promotions demonstrator
  • Street vendor
  • Subscription agent - retail
  • Subscription solicitor
  • Telemarketer
  • Telephone sales agent
  • Telephone sales clerk
  • Telephone salesperson
  • Telephone solicitor
  • Vendor
  • Canvasser - retail
  • Demonstrator - retail
  • Direct distributor - retail
  • Door-to-door salesperson
  • Home demonstrator - retail
  • Street vendor
  • Telemarketer
  • Telephone solicitor

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • Demonstrators and direct distributors
    • Contact potential customers by phone or through personal contacts
    • Arrange sales demonstration appointments, and show, describe and sell goods or services at wholesale, retail and industrial establishments, at exhibitions, trade shows or directly to individual customers or at sales parties and private homes
    • Deliver purchased goods to customers.
  • Door-to-door salespersons and street vendors
    • Solicit sales and sell merchandise to residents of private homes
    • Set up and display merchandise on sidewalks or at public events to sell to the public.
  • Telephone solicitors and telemarketers
    • Contact businesses or private individuals, by telephone, to solicit sales for goods or services.

Employment requirements

  • Some secondary school education is usually required. A high school diploma may be required by some employers.
  • Self-employed street vendors and door-to-door salespersons may require a municipal merchant's permit.

Additional information

  • Progression to related supervisory positions is possible with additional training or experience.

Exclusions

Breakdown summary

Broad occupational category
6 – Sales and service occupations
TEER
5 – Occupations usually require short-term work demonstration and no formal education
Major group
65 – Sales and service support occupations
Sub-major group
651 – Sales support occupations
Minor group
6510 – Cashiers and other sales support occupations
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NOC 2021 Version 1.0