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# Competences — pawnbroker
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/631aaef2-2d67-45c6-93a6-1b1abdf57542).
## Essential
- **analyse financial risk** (skill/competence)
- **assess customer credibility** (skill/competence)
- **collect customer data** (skill/competence)
- **communicate with customers** (skill/competence)
- **debt collection techniques** (knowledge)
- **debt systems** (knowledge)
- **decide on loan applications** (skill/competence)
- **determine resale value of items** (skill/competence)
- **estimate value of used goods** (skill/competence)
- **handle financial transactions** (skill/competence)
- **identify customer's needs** (skill/competence)
- **maintain client debt records** (skill/competence)
- **maintain records of financial transactions** (skill/competence)
- **manage pawnshop inventory** (skill/competence)
- **negotiate on asset value** (skill/competence)
- **perform debt investigation** (skill/competence)
## Optional
- assess financial viability (skill/competence)
- calculate value of gems (skill/competence)
- credit control processes (knowledge)
- enforce customer's debt repayment (skill/competence)
- estimate value of musical instruments (skill/competence)
- estimate value of used jewellery and watches (skill/competence)
- obtain financial information (skill/competence)
- perform market research (skill/competence)
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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 6 ads, as of 2026-07-18)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
### Hard skills
- customer service — **83 %**
- loan processing — **33 %**
- negotiation — **17 %**
- pawn item evaluation — **17 %**
- pawn item sales — **17 %**
- product valuation — **17 %**
- retail sales — **17 %**
- sales promotion — **17 %**
- staff training — **17 %**
- cash handling — **17 %**
- compliance procedures — **17 %**
- inventory management — **17 %**
- leadership — **17 %**
- loan facilitation — **17 %**
- loan negotiation — **17 %**
- merchandise appraisal — **17 %**
- merchandise evaluation — **17 %**
- store supervision — **17 %**
- team coaching — **17 %**
### Methods
- structured career path — **17 %**
- paid training program — **17 %**
### Responsibilities
- team member supervision — **33 %**
- team supervision — **17 %**
- transaction assessment — **17 %**
- transaction documentation — **17 %**
- team leadership — **17 %**
- product demonstration — **17 %**
- stocking shelves — **17 %**
- store management — **17 %**
- sales promotion — **17 %**
- pawn loan explanation — **17 %**
- pawn transaction management — **17 %**
- opening procedures — **17 %**
- loan processing — **17 %**
- merchandise preparation — **17 %**
- jewelry testing — **17 %**
- customer relationship building — **17 %**
- closing procedures — **17 %**
- customer service delivery — **17 %**
- deal making — **17 %**
- electronics testing — **17 %**
- friendly environment maintenance — **17 %**
- guest rapport building — **17 %**
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