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Ticket Salespersons

ANZSCO 6394

Employed

18,300

Part-time share

68%

Female share

61%

Median weekly earnings

$1,276

Median age

28 yrs

Employment outlook

Growing

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

Ticket Salespersons 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 Growing.

Jobs, part-time share, age, and pay appear on this page only when Jobs and Skills Australia or the ABS has published them for Ticket Salespersons. 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

Ticket Salespersons sell tickets and make reservations for services such as travel and admission to sporting and entertainment venues, and collect fares on transport vehicles.

What they typically do

  • Receiving customers' requests, accepting payments, collecting fares from passengers, and issuing tickets, receipts and change
  • Answering inquiries about charges, routes, schedules, reservations, coming attractions and fares
  • Checking service availability and times, and making reservations
  • Contacting customers to cancel or confirm reservations
  • Organising displays of service availability, times and other information
  • Collecting tickets and change from depot clerks
  • Signalling drivers to stop and proceed
  • Overseeing passengers' safety in emergency circumstances, and opening and closing vehicle doors
  • Assisting passengers to board and alight from vehicles and assisting passengers with baggage

States and territories

Share of workers by location

VIC
29.1%
NSW
27.5%
QLD
25.9%
WA
8.4%
SA
3.6%
ACT
2%
TAS
1.9%
NT
1.6%

Qualification pathways

These accredited qualifications can lead to a career as a Ticket Salespersons.

No qualification pathways published on training.gov.au yet.