HANDICRAFT FOOD SALES SPECIALIST

HANDICRAFT FOOD SALES SPECIALIST

What is your job in this profession?

Sales professionals can choose from three areas: bakery, pastry shop and grocery store.

• Advise customers on food types
• Presentation of substances used in food
• Food packaging and presentation
• Display shelf decoration
• Prepare salad and bread
• Processing of confectionery, cakes or chocolate specialties

What do you learn during your training?

As a professional in the food industry, you advise customers on food and drinks before selling them to them. Customer contact is equally important. As you will be responsible for selling bread and pastries in a bakery. When it comes to food factories, you sell meat and sausage products. When it comes to confectionery, artistic skills are highly valued. You sell desserts and hot drinks and advise and inform customers about the ingredients of the products.

Where will you work?

Vocational training enterprises:

Sales professionals can choose from three areas: bakery, pastry shop and grocery store.

Professional activities at:

• Food store
• Bakery and pastry shop
• Convenience stores
• Restaurants or catering businesses.

Place of study and work:

Sales professionals first studied and worked at:

• Grocery store, bakery
• Bakery, counter
• At vocational colleges and training centers.

How long is your vocational training?

Vocational training lasts 36 months, usually starting on 01.09. of the school year. If started earlier the training period can be extended.

What qualifications do you need to meet?

You must …

• At least 19 years old, but not older than 25 years old,
• Be in good health and well-trained,
• Highly independent and
• Willing to live and work abroad for many years.

You must have …

• Graduated from high school with honors
• Successful completion of multi-week internship with positive results in the profession will be provided with training

Necessary conditions …

For a successful vocational training course, basic knowledge from high school in the basic subjects for this profession is required. During the apprenticeship, this knowledge will continue to be studied in depth and advanced.

• Mathematics:

For example when calculating prices and discounts and when cashiering.

• German:

For example for labeling coupons and customer care.

How are you paid during your apprenticeship?

Contact SHD Academy now for details on monthly allowance. Ensure enough expenses for you, if you spend economically, you can still save a large amount of money during 3-3.5 years of apprenticeship.

What are your prospects after graduating from vocational training?

After completing the food factory sales specialist course, you will work in the food and beverage industry, food service.

Through professional training courses you can always expand your professional knowledge to the latest updates. Your employer may sponsor such training costs if they see that you have the potential and drive required.

How can you continue to learn and improve your skills?

If you continue to study advanced business management, you can become a leader of a unit or progress to completing the exam to become an economist.

You can also continue your studies at University with your university enrolment rights. Examples of courses could be: business administration, economics or management.

What is your starting salary when you graduate?

The total annual salary including payroll tax can be up to 27,000.00 €. Since 2018 you can be sure to be paid at least 8.84 € per hour. But if you have a lot of professional experience and have the required qualifications, you will be paid more during your employment.

For example, after a few years of professional experience, you can continue your studies to become an economist or a branch manager, earning an average of around €31,680 per year. Alternatively, if you choose to further your studies to graduate as a business assistant, you can increase your average salary to approximately €36,000 per year. With diligence and hard work, you have the opportunity to grow your average income. Basically, money is not everything, but above all, work gives you satisfaction and gives you direction for the future.

What is brutto and net?

Your apprenticeship has started and you are eagerly awaiting your first paycheck. But don't be surprised if the amount you receive is different from the amount stated in your contract. Because as an employee you are responsible for transferring a portion of your salary to the State in taxes. In addition, you have to pay various amounts into the social insurance system.

The contributions to the social insurance system include: compulsory pension insurance, health insurance, unemployment insurance and old-age insurance. The amount of your salary after payroll tax is deducted is your net salary.

In short, the gross salary minus taxes and social security contributions leaves you with the net salary. This is the amount that is actually paid into your account.

In addition, your business must also pay an amount identical to yours into your social insurance fund.

These contributions to the social insurance fund are beneficial to you because they are paid into various insurance funds and funds for you. That means: every time you are sick, you do not have to pay for your own doctor's fees and treatment costs, and later in life, you will receive a certain amount of pension.

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Article reposted from duhocducshb.com, the official website of SHB Education Organization. September 13, 2024, SHB brand officially converted into SHD ecosystem towards comprehensive development Accordingly, the website https://shdacademy.vn/ will be the official website of SHD specializing in the field of Vocational Study in Germany.