How to become a collector salesperson or credit agent
Official title: Collector salespersons and credit agents
Also called: Collector, Club agent, Credit agent, Credit draper, Credit trader, District agent, Assurance agent, Insurance agent, Collector-agent, Credit salesman, Collector-salesman, Salesman-collector
Collector salespersons and credit agents visit private households to obtain orders and collect payments for goods and services.
Main tasks
- Calls on household, explains purpose of call and displays or describes goods/services on offer
- Emphasises main selling point of goods/services to stimulate customer interest
- Quotes prices and terms, collects any payments and completes hire purchase or credit arrangements
- Distributes advertising literature and sample goods
- Makes follow-up calls to obtain further orders
How to become one
No academic qualifications are required. Training is provided on-the-job and may be supplemented by specialist short courses provided by employers.
Ways in
- University: Creative Arts & Design degrees, Offered by 26 universities in the UK
- University: Communications & Media degrees, Offered by 24 universities in the UK
Related jobs
- Debt, rent and other cash collectors
- Roundspersons and van salespersons
- Market and street traders and assistants
- Visual merchandisers and related occupations
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Questions people ask
How do I become a collector salesperson or credit agent?
No academic qualifications are required. Training is provided on-the-job and may be supplemented by specialist short courses provided by employers.
Do you need a degree to become a collector salesperson or credit agent?
Not always. 42% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Ways in include: Creative Arts & Design degrees; Communications & Media degrees.
Sources
- Office for National Statistics: Annual Population Survey: employment by occupation (April 2025 to March 2026), OGL v3.0, retrieved 2026-10-03
- Office for National Statistics: SOC 2020 Volume 1: structure and descriptions (2026-08-27 edition), OGL v3.0, retrieved 2026-10-03
Updated 2026-10-03
Graduate outcomes: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (www.hesa.ac.uk), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0). Aggregated by subject and adapted by Peernovo.