Market vendor

Code 5211.1

Market vendors sell products such as fruit, vegetables and household products on organised outdoor or indoor market places. They use sales techniques to recommend their goods to passersby.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • product comprehension
  • value-added tax law
  • consumer protection

Skills and competences

  • guarantee customer satisfaction
  • llevar la caja
  • operate cash register
  • maintain work area cleanliness
  • organise product display
  • arrange permit for market stall
  • process payments

Transversal competences

  • adapt to different weather conditions
  • assist customers

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Sources

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences