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SSOC 2024 unit

Transport & Logistics Verified · 21 Mar 2024

52202

Shop sales assistant

Shop sales assistant sells a range of goods and services directly to the public or on behalf of retail and wholesale establishments, and explains the functions and qualities of these goods and services. He/she assists customers by pointing out features and merits of an article or by demonstrating them, and quotes prices, credit terms and quantity discounts. He/she may handle order fulfilment processes for online orders and collection in-store.

Level

unit

Mapped ISCO

1

Source

SingStat

In this unit group: sibling units

Official data

Official nameSingapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSOC 2024)
Issuing authorityDepartment of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS)
Tax authorityInland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) (IRAS)
PurposeClassifies occupations in Singapore for labour statistics, workforce planning, and international reporting.
Active versionSSOC 2024 (21 Mar 2024)
Hierarchy levelUnit (final leaf, 5-digit)
Sourcehttps://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic
Prior versionsSSIC 2020, SSIC 2015

Definition & tasks

Shop sales assistant sells a range of goods and services directly to the public or on behalf of retail and wholesale establishments, and explains the functions and qualities of these goods and services. He/she assists customers by pointing out features and merits of an article or by demonstrating them, and quotes prices, credit terms and quantity discounts. He/she may handle order fulfilment processes for online orders and collection in-store.

Tasks

No tasks listed.

Examples

Under this unit

•Ÿ  Retail trade salesman •Ÿ  Shop assistant •Ÿ  Wholesale trade salesman

Elsewhere

•Ÿ  Retail manager, see 14201 •Ÿ  Street vendor (prepared food/drinks), see 52120 •Ÿ  Stall holder (excluding prepared food and drinks), see 52110 •Ÿ  Stall sales worker, see 52190 •Ÿ  Booking office cashier, see 52302

Hierarchy context

5→52→522→5220→52202 Shop sales assistant

Correspondence tables

SSOC 2020

  • 52202 — Shop sales assistant

ISCO-08

  • 5223 — Shop sales assistants

Alphabetical index entries

Data source: Department of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS) (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic). Official SSOC 2024 workbooks.

Last refresh: 21 Mar 2024. Version: SSOC 2024.

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