1220.0 - Australian Standard Classification of Occupations (ASCO) Second Edition, 1997  
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UNIT GROUP 8291 CHECKOUT OPERATORS AND CASHIERS

CHECKOUT OPERATORS AND CASHIERS operate cash registers and receive payment for goods purchased by customers or receive and bank takings and make payments.

Skill Level:
The entry requirement for this unit group is completion of compulsory secondary school education or higher qualification.

Tasks Include:

  • receiving goods selected by customers, registering and totalling prices on cash register
  • processing payments for goods by cash, cheques, gift vouchers, credit or debit cards and other non-cash forms of payment
  • issuing sales dockets and giving change
  • processing mail and other payment types and arranging banking
  • counting and recording money received and balancing against register sales records
  • recording and balancing petty cash disbursements

Occupations:




This section contains the following subsection :
              8291-11 Checkout Operator
              8291-13 Office Cashier

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