Parts Salespersons

Also called: Parts Consultant, Parts Counterperson, Parts Salesman

Career Cluster: Marketing
What they do:
Sell spare and replacement parts and equipment in repair shop or parts store.
On the job, you would:
  • 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.
KNOWLEDGE

Engineering and Technology
  • computers and electronics
  • mechanical
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
  • manufacture and distribution of products
Arts and Humanities
  • English language
Business
  • customer service
  • sales and marketing
SKILLS

Social
  • talking people into changing their minds or their behavior
  • looking for ways to help people
Basic Skills
  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • talking to others
ABILITIES

Ideas and Logic
  • order or arrange things
  • make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
Verbal
  • communicate by speaking
  • listen and understand what people say
PERSONALITY

People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.

They do well at jobs that need:
  • Integrity
  • Dependability
  • Cooperation
  • Attention to Detail
  • Initiative
  • Self Control
TECHNOLOGY

You might use software like this on the job:

Spreadsheet software
  • Microsoft Excel
Presentation software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
Inventory management software
  • Inventory control system software
  • Inventory tracking software
EDUCATION


high school diploma/GED or some college
usually needed
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JOB OUTLOOK

New job opportunities are less likely in the future.

Salary:
High: $60,480.00
Median: $36,860.00
Low: $26,700.00
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