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Checkout Operators and Office Cashiers

ANZSCO 6311

Employed

119,300

Part-time share

78%

Female share

68%

Median weekly earnings

$1,077

Median age

23 yrs

Employment outlook

Declining

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

Checkout Operators and Office Cashiers 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.

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 Checkout Operators and Office Cashiers. 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.

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About this career

Checkout Operators and Office Cashiers operate cash registers and receive payments from customers, and issue receipts and return change due.

What they typically do

  • 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

States and territories

Share of workers by location

NSW
29.6%
VIC
25.6%
QLD
19%
WA
12%
SA
9.1%
TAS
2.5%
ACT
1.4%
NT
0.9%

Qualification pathways

These accredited qualifications can lead to a career as a Checkout Operators and Office Cashiers.

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