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Typical tasks undertaken in this profession: 17
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Resolve customer complaints regarding sales and service. |
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Oversee regional and local sales managers and their staffs. |
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Plan and direct staffing, training, and performance evaluations to develop and control sales and service programs. |
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Determine price schedules and discount rates. |
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Review operational records and reports to project sales and determine profitability. |
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Monitor customer preferences to determine focus of sales efforts. |
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Prepare budgets and approve budget expenditures. |
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Confer or consult with department heads to plan advertising services and to secure information on equipment and customer specifications. |
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Direct and coordinate activities involving sales of manufactured products, services, commodities, real estate or other subjects of sale. |
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Confer with potential customers regarding equipment needs and advise customers on types of equipment to purchase. |
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| Education
Most of these occupations require qualifications at NFQ Levels 7 or 8 (Ordinary / Honours Degrees) but some do not.
Related Experience
A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an engineer must complete four years of college and work for several years in engineering to be considered qualified.
Job Training
Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
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Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include accountants, sales managers, computer programmers, teachers, chemists, environmental engineers, criminal investigators, and financial analysts. |
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The following information is based on the National Skills Bulletin 2012 and displays some useful information about selected occupations, or occupation groups.
Each occupation is examined in terms of its employment profile (based on the data from the Quarterly National Household Survey by the Central Statistics Office (CSO)), recent employment trends and other available indicators on the demand and supply of skills.
Identified shortages are defined in terms of their characteristics, i.e. skill shortage or labour shortage. For more information see the Labour Market Information section of this site.
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| Labour / Skills shortage indicator |
This provides an indication of shortage for this occupation.
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| Growth Rate 2007 - 2011 |
This shows the average annual employment growth for the period. May be a guide to future trends |
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+2%
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-0%
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| Part-time workers |
This shows the percentage of part-time workers in the total employment of an occupation
Total employed in this occupation: 15900 |
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Part-time
6%
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94%
Full-time
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| Older workers |
This shows the percentage of workers over 55 in the total employment of an occupation |
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Over 55
8%
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92%
Under 55
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| Ratio of Male / Female workers |
This shows the percentage of male and female workers in the total employment of an occupation |
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Male
59%
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41%
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| Non-Irish National workers |
This shows the percentage of Irish national and non-Irish national workers in the total employment of an occupation |
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Non-Irish
12%
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88%
Irish
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Darren Devine
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"Taking up the deputy manager role at 19 years old and staying with Lidl since has shaped my career." |
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Lorraine Brophy
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"I am currently participating in the exchange programme with Lidl Germany to further develop my knowledge of the language" |
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Patrick Quinn
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"Other people are struggling to pay fees to get through college but Lidl are paying our way through a prestigious college system" |
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