Sales assistant
Sea Lake Hardware

This placement is a great chance for students to learn about retail. It particularly suits someone with an interest in liaising with customers and improving their communication skills. Sea Lake Hardware offers a friendly and supportive workplace atmosphere with management who are enthusiastic about the SWL program.

Skills You Might Learn

This placement will offer students the chance to attain a broad range of retail skills. They will have hands-on practical experience, while working in a real life scenario. Specific examples are working as part of a team, observing point of sales technology and learning how to present stock and match displays.

Typical Tasks & Duties

Students will assist staff carrying out their duties. This revolves around customer service in the various sections of the store. Students will learn about stock replenishment and displays, assisting customers to locate items plus tidying the store.

Student Requirements

The students must have completed the OH&S module in WRS VCAL or else have begun the OH&S module in the relevant VET course.

Dress Requirements

Students are to wear neat casual dress appropriate for the work place.

Special Transport Requirements

Students will need to organise their own transport to work