549 Miscellaneous Accounting and Related Clerks
549 Miscellaneous Accounting and Related Clerks
This minor group covers Accounting and Related Clerks not elsewhere classified.
OSCA skill level
The occupations in this minor group have a skill level corresponding to the qualifications and experience below.
- Skill Level 4: AQF Certificate II, AQF Certificate III, or at least one year of relevant experience
- Skill Level 5: AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education
5491 Other Accounting and Related Clerks
This unit group covers Accounting and Related Clerks not elsewhere classified. It includes Betting Clerks, Bookmakers and Debt Collectors.
OSCA skill level
The occupations in this unit group have a skill level corresponding to the qualifications and experience below.
- Skill Level 4: AQF Certificate II, AQF Certificate III, or at least one year of relevant experience
- Skill Level 5: AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education
549131 Betting Clerk
Records and processes customer bets, payments and payouts for horse and dog racing, and other sports and events.
Registration or licensing may be required.
Specialisations
- Betting Agency Counter Clerk
- Bookmaker's Clerk
- Telephone Betting Clerk
Skill level: 5
Main tasks
- Takes bets, receives payments and pays out on winnings
- Records and enters bets electronically and in transaction ledgers
- Issues tickets and prepares summaries of transactions
- Monitors amounts of money placed on race entrants
- Verifies the identity and account balances of betting agency customers
- Answers betting enquiries
- Monitors and intervenes to ensure gamblers are gambling responsibly
- May assist Bookmakers to provide oncourse betting services at race meetings
549132 Bookmaker
Determines risk, offers odds, and accepts bets on the outcome of racing and other events.
Registration or licensing is required.
Skill level: 4
Main tasks
- Determines risk and sets odds for various racing and other events
- Accepts bets from customers and records details of each transaction
- Calculates and pays out winnings to customers
- Monitors and manages betting activity to ensure compliance with regulations and policies
- Provides information and advice to customers regarding betting options and strategies
- Maintains accurate records of bets, payments and financial transactions
549133 Debt Collector
Collects consumer, commercial, insurance and other forms of debt for clients, makes arrangements to settle overdue accounts, formalises payment arrangements, and follows up until accounts are fully paid.
Registration or licensing may be required.
Alternative title
- Debt Recovery Officer
Specialisation
- Collections Officer
Skill level: 4
Main tasks
- Liaises with clients, credit staff, accounts receivable departments, process servers, Private Investigators, Barristers, Solicitors, trustees, liquidators and other insolvency professionals to find solutions to payment problems
- Identifies, locates and notifies debtors of overdue accounts in writing, by telephone and in person, and arranges for payments to be made
- Traces addresses of debtors who have moved
- Arranges new repayment plans for debtors having difficulties making existing repayments, including identifying and assisting customers experiencing financial hardship
- Refers debtors' disputes to creditors
- Issues instructions for the commencement of legal action and enforcement to recover money
- Arranges for money and goods collected to be transferred to creditors, and prepares statements of account for creditors
- Records amounts collected and notes any further action required, including identifying and reporting suspicious matters under legislation
- Maintains accurate and compliant records for overdue accounts under collection, ensuring all relevant debtor information is obtained, verified and updated