Cashiers - 41-2011.00

O*NET-SOC Description

Receive and disburse money in establishments other than financial institutions. Usually involves use of electronic scanners, cash registers, or related equipment. Often involved in processing credit or debit card transactions and validating checks.

DOT Titles Included in this O*NET-SOC Code

  • Auction Clerk
  • Cashier II
  • Cashier, Courtesy Booth
  • Cashier, Tube Room
  • Cashier-Checker
  • Cashier-Wrapper
  • Check Cashier
  • Drivers'-Cash Clerk
  • Food Checker
  • Information Clerk-Cashier
  • Money Counter
  • Parimutuel-Ticket Cashier
  • Parimutuel-Ticket Seller
  • Paymaster of Purses
  • Sheet Writer
  • Teller
  • Ticket Seller
  • Toll Collector

Sample of Occupations in this SOC Family

Related Occupations

Tasks

  • Answer customers' questions, and provide information on procedures or policies.
  • Bag, box, wrap, or gift-wrap merchandise, and prepare packages for shipment.
  • Calculate total payments received during a time period, and reconcile this with total sales.
  • Cash checks for customers.
  • Compile and maintain non-monetary reports and records.
  • Compute and record totals of transactions.
  • Count money in cash drawers at the beginning of shifts to ensure that amounts are correct and that there is adequate change.
  • Establish or identify prices of goods, services or admission, and tabulate bills using calculators, cash registers, or optical price scanners.
  • Greet customers entering establishments.
  • Issue receipts, refunds, credits, or change due to customers.
  • Issue trading stamps, and redeem food stamps and coupons.
  • Keep periodic balance sheets of amounts and numbers of transactions.
  • Maintain clean and orderly checkout areas.
  • Monitor checkout stations to ensure that they have adequate cash available and that they are staffed appropriately.
  • Offer customers carry-out service at the completion of transactions.
  • Pay company bills by cash, vouchers, or checks.
  • Post charges against guests' or patients' accounts.
  • Process merchandise returns and exchanges.
  • Receive payment by cash, check, credit cards, vouchers, or automatic debits.
  • Request information or assistance using paging systems.
  • Resolve customer complaints.
  • Sell tickets and other items to customers.
  • Sort, count, and wrap currency and coins.
  • Stock shelves, and mark prices on shelves and items.
  • Weigh items sold by weight to determine prices.

Detailed Work Activities

  • answer customer or public inquiries
  • assign work to staff or employees
  • authorize credit charges
  • balance cash register
  • calculate monetary exchange
  • compute financial data
  • fill money changers in vending machines
  • greet customers, guests, visitors, or passengers
  • maintain records, reports, or files
  • measure, weigh, or count products or materials
  • monitor currency, coin, or checks in cash drawer
  • monitor operations to verify conformance to standards
  • operate business machines
  • operate scanner
  • prepare bank deposits
  • price merchandise
  • process returned merchandise
  • provide customer service
  • receive or disburse cash related to payments received
  • resolve customer or public complaints
  • sell products or services
  • stock or organize goods
  • use cash registers
  • use computers to enter, access or retrieve data
  • wrap products