Fish sales assistant

Job role and responsibility
You will be working as part of a team - focused on offering an efficient and helpful service to customers. You will be fully trained and your knowledge of the many different species of fish and shellfish will help you to advise customers on their selection and how to prepare and cook their purchase.

Depending on the type of business you are working in, your job may involve displaying fish, taking payment for purchases (cash, cheque or credit card) and preparing fish for display or to suit customers' specific requirements.

Career opportunities
This will depend on the type of business you work in. If you are in a small specialist fishmonger business you will be able to progress to supervisor and manager; you may even decide to buy your own business one day!

If you work in a large supermarket you will be able to move within the branch to other fresh food departments and into general retail management.

Remember that fish retailing is a form of retailing and, once you have worked with customers, you can apply the skills you have learned and work in any type of retail or customer service business. You could also move into fish wholesaling and contract buying.

Entry requirements
There are generally no pre-entry qualification requirements, however, you will need basic numeracy and literacy and good communication skills to help you deal with customers. You will be given thorough training whilst you are doing your job.