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Major Group: 2 – Professionals | Sub-Major Group: 22 – Business, Human Resource and Marketing Professionals | Minor Group: 225 – Sales, Marketing and Public Relations Professionals | Unit Group: 2254 – Technical Sales Representatives
ANZSCO 225499: Technical Sales Representatives nec
Description: This occupation group covers Technical Sales Representatives not elsewhere classified. Occupations in this group include:
Skill Level: 1
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, ANZSCO 2022 (CC BY 4.0).
Unit Group 2254 Technical Sales Representatives
Description: Technical Sales Representatives represent companies in selling a range of industrial, medical and pharmaceutical goods and services to industrial, business, professional and other establishments.
Indicative Skill Level: Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with a bachelor degree or higher qualification. At least five years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualification. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 1).
Tasks Include:
  • compiling lists of prospective client businesses using directories and other sources
  • acquiring and updating knowledge of employers’ and competitors’ goods and services, and market conditions
  • visiting regular and prospective client businesses to establish and act on selling opportunities
  • assessing customers’ needs and recommending and explaining goods and services to them
  • monitoring customers’ changing needs and competitor activity, and reporting these developments to sales management
  • quoting and negotiating prices and credit terms, and completing contracts and recording orders
  • arranging delivery of goods, installation of equipment and the provision of services
  • reporting to sales management on sales made and the marketability of goods and services
  • following up with clients to ensure satisfaction with goods and services purchased, and resolving any problems arising
  • preparing sales reports and maintaining and submitting records of business expenses incurred
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, ANZSCO 2022 (CC BY 4.0).