Award coverage for a door-to-door salesperson depends on whether the goods are sold by retail or wholesale.

Retail Award

The Retail Award covers door-to-door salespeople where the goods or services are sold directly to the customer for personal use. This is regardless of whether they’re employed by:

• the company that supplies the goods or service, or
• a company selling goods or services on behalf of another company.

Goods or services sold by a door-to-door salesperson in the Retail Award can include:

• energy contracts
• energy-efficient products
• solar panels
• gas contracts.

Commercial Sales Award

The Commercial Sales Award is an occupational award covering door-to-door salespeople who solicit orders from and sell articles and goods to customers for:

• wholesale sale
• resale
• use in connection with the production, preparation and distribution of commodities for sale by the customer.

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