Sales Representative (Medical and Pharmaceutical Products) – ANZSCO 225412

Sales Representative (Medical and Pharmaceutical Products) represents companies in selling medical, dental and veterinary equipment and supplies, and pharmaceutical products.

Skill Level

1

Specialisations

• Medical Representative

Skills Assessment Requirement

Unless you are exempt in very limited circumstances, you are required to have a positive Skills Assessment to apply for the visas listed above.

Skills Assessment authority for Sales Representative (Medical and Pharmaceutical Products) is Vocational & Education Training Assessment (VETASSESS). To have a positive skills assessment, you must meet the following criteria:

• Qualification assessed at AQF Bachelor degree or higher in a highly relevant field of study AND at least one year of post-qualification highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level in the last five years; OR
• Qualification assessed at AQF Bachelor degree or higher WITH an additional qualification at AQF Diploma level in a highly relevant field of study AND at least two years of post-qualification highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level in the last five years; OR
• Qualification assessed at AQF Bachelor degree or higher WITHOUT a highly relevant field of study AND at least three years of post-qualification highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level in the last five years
• Applicants must meet both the qualification and employment requirements to obtain a positive skills assessment
• Highly relevant fields of study include:
  • Disciplines relevant to the medical or pharmaceutical products represented for sale (e.g. Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Podiatry)
  • Marketing

Potential Visa Pathways for Sales Representative (Medical and Pharmaceutical Products)

Group: 2254 Technical Sales Representatives

Description

Represent companies in selling a range of industrial, medical and pharmaceutical goods and services to industrial, business, professional and other establishments.

Tasks

• Compiling lists of prospective client businesses using directories and other sources
• Acquiring and updating knowledge of employers’ and competitors’ goods and services, and market conditions
• Visiting regular and prospective client businesses to establish and act on selling opportunities
• Assessing customers’ needs and recommending and explaining goods and services to them
• Monitoring customers’ changing needs and competitor activity, and reporting these developments to sales management
• Quoting and negotiating prices and credit terms, and completing contracts and recording orders
• Arranging delivery of goods, installation of equipment and the provision of services
• Reporting to sales management on sales made and the marketability of goods and services
• Following up with clients to ensure satisfaction with goods and services purchased, and resolving any problems arising
• Preparing sales reports and maintaining and submitting records of business expenses incurred

Skill Level

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with a bachelor degree or higher qualification. At least five years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualification. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 1).

Occupations in this Group

• 225411 Sales Representative (Industrial Products)
• 225412 Sales Representative (Medical and Pharmaceutical Products)
• 225499 Technical Sales Representatives nec