65109 Other sales related occupations

What this occupation covers

Workers in other sales related occupations sell goods or services during home demonstrations or by telephone soliciting, retail exhibitions or street vending. They are employed by a wide range of retail and wholesale establishments, manufacturers, telemarketing companies and call centres, or they may be self-employed.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 6 main duties for this code.

• Contact potential customers by phone or through personal contacts
• Arrange sales demonstration appointments, and show, describe and sell goods or services at wholesale, retail and industrial establishments, at exhibitions, trade shows or directly to individual customers or at sales parties in private homes
• Deliver purchased goods to customers.
• Solicit sales and sell merchandise to residents of private homes
• Set up and display merchandise on sidewalks or at public events to sell to the public.
• Contact businesses or private individuals, by telephone, to solicit sales for goods or services.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 6 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 65100 Cashiers
• 64100 Retail salespersons and visual merchandisers
• 60020 Retail and wholesale trade managers
• 62010 Retail sales supervisors

Excluded from this code

• Cashiers (See 65100 Cashiers)
• Kiosk sales clerk (See 64100 Retail salespersons and visual merchandisers)
• Retail and wholesale trade managers (See 60020 Retail and wholesale trade managers)
• Retail sales supervisors (See 62010 Retail sales supervisors)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

beauty products consultant - door-to-door sales · beauty products representative - home sales · canvasser - retail · canvassing agent · catalogue agent - retail · catalogue sales agent - retail · cigarette vendor · cleaning products salesperson - door-to-door sales · comparison shopper · cosmetics demonstrator - retail · cosmetics salesperson - home sales · demonstrator - retail · direct distributor - retail · direct seller · door-to-door salesperson · food demonstrator - retail · home demonstrator - retail · home salesperson · magazine distribution agent - retail · magazine subscription solicitor · newspaper vendor · newspaper vendor - street sales · personal shopper · promotions demonstrator

Employment requirements

• Some secondary school education is usually required. A high school diploma may be required by some employers.
• Self-employed street vendors and door-to-door salespersons may require a municipal merchant's permit.