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Parts Salespersons
Sell spare and replacement parts and equipment in repair shop or parts store.
- Median pay
- $37,440
- per year
- 10-year outlook
- +3.1%
- Stable
- Typical entry
- No formal educational credential
Key skills
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Persuasion
- Reading Comprehension
- Service Orientation
- Social Perceptiveness
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
What they do
- Receive payment or obtain credit authorization.
- Assist customers, such as responding to customer complaints and updating them about back-ordered parts.
- Fill customer orders from stock, and place orders when requested items are out of stock.
- Receive and fill telephone orders for parts.
- Locate and label parts, and maintain inventory of stock.
- Prepare sales slips or sales contracts.
- Read catalogs, microfiche viewers, or computer displays to determine replacement part stock numbers and prices.
- Determine replacement parts required, according to inspections of old parts, customer requests, or customers' descriptions of malfunctions.
- Examine returned parts for defects, and exchange defective parts or refund money.
- Manage shipments by researching shipping methods or costs and tracking packages.
Majors that lead here
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Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS, Employment Projections) and O*NET, used under CC BY 4.0.