Duration 

18-24 months 

 

Business Type

  • Timber merchants 
  • Hardware stores
  • Wholesalers

 

Duties of the Trainee 

  • Customer service
  • Picking orders 
  • Loading and unloading trucks 
  • Forklift operations
  • Internal sales
  • Stock allocation
  • Learning about timber and its uses
  • Docking timber 
  • Strapping timber
  • General housekeeping of the yard 
  • Deliveries
  • Helping other workers
  • Quoting

 

Career Options 

  • Yard supervisor 
  • Leading hand
  • Internal sales
  • Sales rep
  • Estimator (with further training)
  • Long term sales manager or store manager

 

Applicant Specification/Qualities

  • Well presented 
  • Hardworking and fit 
  • Able to work outside and in elements 
  • Able to work in a team or autonomously 
  • Good communication skills
  • Computer skills are an advantage

 

Further Study 

  • Diploma of Leadership & Management 
  • Certificate IV in Business (Sales)