Retail and distribution
Do you know what sells and what doesn’t? Do you like meeting and helping people? Does going to the shops every day sound like a dream job to you? Then why not think about a career in retailing.
As a Retail Assistant you could soon find yourself dealing with customers and answering queries, accepting payments and wrapping goods, displaying and ordering stock, and helping to run a product section or entire store. A career in retail can be wherever you want it to be. Do you love your tunes? How about a shop in a record store? Like fashion? How about a clothes shop? Love food? Well, you get the point.
With the right qualifications and experience there are excellent prospects for career development. In the head offices of many major retailers you’ll find people in senior positions making important decisions who started out on the shop floor.
Retailing
Our Certificate in Retailing can help you prepare for, and develop, your career in the retail industry as it covers everything you need to know, from products and pricing to payments and security.
Distribution, Warehousing & Storage Operation
Our NVQ in Distribution, Warehousing and Storage Operations can help you gain a range of important, practical skills.
Find out more about the levels and the types of qualification we provide.
Type of work:
Hands-on.
Who you could work for:
Absolutely any shop anywhere.
Likely hours:
Usually eight hour days on a rota to cover the store’s opening hours.
Starting salary*:
Depends on your employer. Your careers service will have more information.
Perfect for you if you are:
Friendly and approachable, a good communicator.
You could even go on to:
Become a team leader, supervisor, store manager or even an area manager earning more than £65,000 a year.
Salaries are only a guide. We’ve quoted average figures and there will be some variation around the country. There will also be variation from employer to employer.