Parts Salespersons

Overview

Parts Salespersons has a national median salary of $38,630 per year, with +3% projected job growth from 2025–2035. The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists no formal educational credential as the typical education needed to enter this occupation.

Description

Sell spare and replacement parts and equipment in repair shop or parts store.

Work Values

• Relationships
• Independence
• Support

Work Styles

Responsibilities

Tasks

• 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.
• Receive and fill telephone orders for parts.
• Locate and label parts, and maintain inventory of stock.

Work Activities

• Working with Computers
• Getting Information
• Communicating with People Outside the Organization
• Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
• Making Decisions and Solving Problems
• Documenting/Recording Information
• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
• Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
• Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
• Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events

Detailed Work Activities

• Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
• Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
• Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
• Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
• Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
• Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
• Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.

T-A-S-K

Technology, Abilities, Skills & Knowledge

Education

Education Levels of Current Workers

The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists no formal educational credential as the typical education needed to enter this occupation. The chart below shows the highest level of education held by people already working in this field, ages 25 and older. It includes workers who earned more education than the job requires and workers who entered the field under earlier requirements, so the largest bar is not the entry requirement. For example, if someone finished an associate's degree and then started working in this field, they are counted under “Associate's degree” here, but the job itself typically asks for no formal educational credential.

Certificates

Certifications applicable to Parts Salespersons:

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