Shop sales assistants sell a range of goods and services directly to the public or on behalf of retail and wholesale establishments, and explain the functions and qualities of these goods and services.
Skill level:
Semi-skilled
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- Salary range for the majority of workers in Shop sales assistants - from GH₵1,874 to GH₵37,648 per month - 2025.
- A Shop sales assistants typically earns between GH₵1,874 and GH₵6,674 net per month at the start of the job.
- After 5 years of service, this is between GH₵2,268 and GH₵7,990 per month for a working week of 40 hours.
Salary Check
- Butcher seller
- Sales assistant
- Sales assistant agricultural retail, pets and flowers
- Sales assistant automotive parts or fuel
- Sales assistant clothing, leatherwear
- Sales assistant construction equipments or components
- Sales assistant consumer electronics, household equipment
- Sales assistant drugstore
- Sales assistant food, beverages, tobacco products
- Sales assistant jewellery, luxury goods
- Sales assistant newspapers, books, music, videos, games
- Sales assistant sporting equipments, leisure products
- Sales assistant supermarket, department store
- Sales clerk
Job Responsibilities
- Determining customer requirements and advising on product range, price, delivery, warranties and product use and care
- Demonstrating and explaining to customers the establishment's goods and services
- Selling goods and services, accepting payment by a variety of payment methods, preparing sales invoices and recording sales using cash registers
- Assisting with the ongoing management of stock such as product inventories and participating in stock takes
- Stacking and displaying goods for sale, and wrapping and packing goods sold
