Retail Salespersons

• Open and close cash registers, performing tasks such as counting money, separating charge slips, coupons, and vouchers, balancing cash drawers, and making deposits.
• Maintain records related to sales.
• Compute sales prices, total purchases, and receive and process cash or credit payment.
• Prepare sales slips or sales contracts.
• Place special orders or call other stores to find desired items.

• Inventory stock and requisition new stock.
• Greet customers and ascertain what each customer wants or needs.
• Exchange merchandise for customers and accept returns.
• Recommend, select, and help locate or obtain merchandise based on customer needs and desires.
• Estimate and quote trade-in allowances.
• Watch for and recognize security risks and thefts and know how to prevent or handle these situations.
• Maintain knowledge of current sales and promotions, policies regarding payment and exchanges, and security practices.
• Answer questions regarding the store and its merchandise.
• Help customers try on or fit merchandise.
• Describe merchandise and explain use, operation, and care of merchandise to customers.
• Demonstrate use or operation of merchandise.
• Ticket, arrange, and display merchandise to promote sales.
• Prepare merchandise for purchase or rental.
• Clean shelves, counters, and tables.
• Bag or package purchases and wrap gifts.

No durable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as augmentable (75%).