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Career: Cashiers
Job 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.
Job Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
99
|
Receive payment by cash, check, credit cards, vouchers, or automatic debits. |
99
|
Issue receipts, refunds, credits, or change due to customers. |
98
|
Answer customers' questions, and provide information on procedures or policies. |
91
|
Assist customers by providing information and resolving their complaints. |
90
|
Greet customers entering establishments. |
90
|
Maintain clean and orderly checkout areas and complete other general cleaning duties, such as mopping floors and emptying trash cans. |
87
|
Establish or identify prices of goods, services or admission, and tabulate bills using calculators, cash registers, or optical price scanners. |
82
|
Process merchandise returns and exchanges. |
76
|
Sell tickets and other items to customers. |
68
|
Stock shelves, and mark prices on shelves and items. |
68
|
Request information or assistance using paging systems. |
65
|
Offer customers carry-out service at the completion of transactions. |
63
|
Assist with duties in other areas of the store, such as monitoring fitting rooms or bagging and carrying out customers' items. |
62
|
Supervise others and provide on-the-job training. |
60
|
Count money in cash drawers at the beginning of shifts to ensure that amounts are correct and that there is adequate change. |
59
|
Monitor checkout stations to ensure that they have adequate cash available and that they are staffed appropriately. |
59
|
Bag, box, wrap, or gift-wrap merchandise, and prepare packages for shipment. |
54
|
Sort, count, and wrap currency and coins. |
47
|
Issue trading stamps, and redeem food stamps and coupons. |
43
|
Calculate total payments received during a time period, and reconcile this with total sales. |
39
|
Compute and record totals of transactions. |
37
|
Post charges against guests' or patients' accounts. |
36
|
Weigh items sold by weight to determine prices. |
31
|
Cash checks for customers. |
29
|
Compile and maintain non-monetary reports and records. |
29
|
Keep periodic balance sheets of amounts and numbers of transactions. |
20
|
Pay company bills by cash, vouchers, or checks. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
65
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
56
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
54
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
51
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
45
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
41
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
41
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
39
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
39
|
Getting Information
|
38
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
38
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
36
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
36
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
34
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
34
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
33
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
33
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
32
|
Processing Information
|
32
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
29
|
Interacting With Computers
|
29
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
29
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
28
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
27
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
27
|
Thinking Creatively
|
25
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
22
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
22
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
22
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
21
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
21
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
21
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
21
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
21
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
20
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
14
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
9
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|
7
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|
7
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|
7
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|
6
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|