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Bank Workers

ANZSCO 5521

Employed

38,600

Part-time share

23%

Female share

65%

Median weekly earnings

$1,610

Median age

37 yrs

Employment outlook

Declining

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia · ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing.

Bank Workers is a job in Australia. The job figures on this page come from Jobs and Skills Australia and the ABS Census, where they are published. The courses listed here lead to this job. Compare the fee, study mode, length, place, and how to get in before you enquire.

Courses linked to this job include Certificate IV in Banking Services.

Jobs and Skills Australia rates the job outlook as Declining.

Jobs, part-time share, age, and pay appear on this page only when Jobs and Skills Australia or the ABS has published them for Bank Workers. A blank is a missing figure, not a pay of zero. The courses below are linked to this job. Open one to compare the fee, study mode, length, campus, and how to get in.

There is no single national fee or length for training that leads to Bank Workers. Each provider sets its own price, study mode, and entry rules. Those rules can include past study, an English level, work experience, or an interview. Check the AQF level, and whether you study in Australia or online, before you enquire.

About this career

Bank Workers receive deposits and pay out money in financial and commercial institutions, keep records of transactions, issue receipts and cash cheques.

What they typically do

  • Greeting customers, identifying their needs and answering customer inquiries
  • Ensuring customers' forms are filled in correctly and checking customers' identification
  • Accepting cash and cheques deposited by customers, verifying records and receipts, and crediting customers' accounts
  • Paying money to customers according to advice slips, cheques and negotiable documents, and debiting customers' accounts
  • Providing change, cashing cheques and recording transactions
  • Opening and closing accounts for customers
  • Balancing cash and advising supervisors of cash position and discrepancies
  • Explaining and promoting bank services to customers and referring them to appropriate financial services

States and territories

Share of workers by location

NSW
41.2%
VIC
32%
QLD
11.6%
SA
7.8%
WA
4.9%
TAS
1.2%
NT
0.8%
ACT
0.4%

Qualification pathways

These accredited qualifications can lead to a career as a Bank Workers.