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Overview
They investigate wholesale buyers and suppliers, assess supplier risks, understand waste and scrap product categories, negotiate buying and selling conditions and plan transport operations.
In job descriptions, look for scrap or waste streams, supplier assessment, buyer contact, commodity negotiation, transport planning, financial records, market research and new business opportunities.
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Search jobsWork context
Waste and scrap wholesale work focuses on traded material streams: scrap metal, recoverable material, reusable stock or other waste categories with business buyers.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes recognizing waste and scrap product categories, assessing suppliers, finding buyers, negotiating commodity terms, maintaining records and planning transport for bulky material flows.
Salary context
Salary context depends on material value, supplier network, buyer portfolio, transport complexity, market volatility and whether the role has authority over buying conditions.
Career paths
Entry can come from recycling operations, scrap yards, commodity sales, purchasing, logistics or industrial customer service. Growth may lead toward materials trading, supplier management, yard coordination or regional sales responsibility.
Good to know
Check whether adverts name material streams, buyer industries, supplier checks, weighing or transport routines, records and negotiated buying conditions. That detail separates wholesale trading from manual sorting work.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for wholesale merchant work. It is not official labour-market statistics or salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Wholesale of waste and scrap
This is one example. Another occupation in this activity is waste broker.
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About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 1
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
41-4012.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
The official mapping connects this O*NET occupation to many ESCO occupations.
Source and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Mapping project version 1: O*NET-SOC 2019 → ESCO 1.1.0. Targets are validated against ESCO 1.2.1.
Source: European Commission, joint ESCO Secretariat and USDOL/ETA project. O*NET Database: USDOL/ETA. This presentation uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
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Official sources and licenses
NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
46.87Wholesale of waste and scrap
Alternative labels
assistant wholesale merchant in waste and scrap
business to business seller in waste and scrap
B2B sales consultant in waste and scrap
senior wholesale merchant in waste and scrap
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wholesale merchandiser in waste and scrap
wholesale buyer in waste and scrap
graduate wholesale merchant in waste and scrap
trainee wholesale merchant in waste and scrap
Occupation group
wholesale merchant (3324.4)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/789a1a35-8e03-42da-857f-4216c4d2ac68 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 3324.4.33 |
| ISCO group | 3324 |
| Concept type | Occupation |