Description
Receives payments from customers, issues receipts, returns change due, and meets the public and explains charging and billing policy.
Skill Level
5
Alternative Titles
- Cashier
Specializations
NULL
Skills Assessment Authority
Caveats
None
Group: 6311 Checkout Operators and Office Cashiers
Description
operate cash registers and receive payments from customers, and issue receipts and return change due.
Tasks
- scanning, weighing and recording prices of goods
- receiving and processing payments for goods and services by cash, cheques, gift vouchers, credit and debit cards and other payment types
- issuing sales dockets and giving change
- maintaining supplies of change, wrapping and other materials used at checkout
- counting and recording money received and balancing against register sales records, and preparing money for deposit in financial institutions
- recording and balancing petty cash disbursements
- operating a computer terminal to administer the store’s financial transaction system
- cashing authorised cheques
Skill Level
Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with an AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)
For some occupations a short period of on-the-job training may be required in addition to or instead of the formal qualification. In some instances no formal qualification or on-the-job training may be required.