A professional who sells hardware, such as nails, bolts, screws, hand-and-power tools, electrical equipment, plumbing supplies, garden tools, and paint. Respnsibilities include:

• Advises customer on tools, hardware, and materials needed, and procedure to follow to complete task customer wishes to perform.
• Informs customer about quality of tools, hardware, and equipment, and demonstrates use.
• Performs related duties, such as estimating amount of paint required to cover given area, mixing paint, and cutting screen, glass, wire, or window shades to specified size.
• Performs other duties as described under salesperson master title.
• May specialize in selling paint or wall coverings and be designated Salesperson, Paint; Salesperson, Wall Coverings.