Cashier
Take payments and process exchanges and refunds in a retail environment.
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What's it like to be a Cashier?
Cashiers interact with customers to take payments, process exchanges and refunds, explain or recommend items and answer questions. They often work in supermarkets, restaurants, shops, car parks and most other places where a high volume of payments are received.
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How to become a Cashier
You don’t need any formal qualifications to become a Cashier, though it helps to have a good grasp of arithmetic.
- Get on-the-job training. You might enter into an organisation at a lower level and receive training to become a Cashier as you learn the processes and functions required in the role.
- Consider formal learning with a Certificate II in Retail Services (SIR20216) at TAFE. This course covers working effectively in a service organisation, as well as how to identify security risks.
- You can go a little deeper and earn a Certificate III in Retail (SIR30216). This course covers working effectively in a service organisation.
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Certificate II in Retail Services
This certificate prepares you for a career in the retail industry. It will give you the skills needed to work under supervision of others.
Certificate III in Retail
This qualification prepares you for a career in the retail industry and for roles in specialty stores, supermarkets and department stores.
Certificate II in Business
This certificate gives you the skills and knowledge required for a range of junior administrative roles.
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Latest Cashier reviews
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Cashiering is a good job,,one just needs to be more careful with balancing and accountability
Reviewer's Qualification
Bachelor of Finance
Experience
1 – 4 years
Organisation size
Small (1-19 employees)
Specialisation
Payments and purchasing
The good things
Getting to interact with customers hence creating connections and relations
The challenges
Precision at work.. dealing with numbers is crucial especially since you're all responsible about the financing of the particular company
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Being a cashier is grate you'll make heaps of friends
Reviewer's Qualification
Completed Year 10
Experience
1 – 4 years
Organisation size
Medium (20-199 employees)
Specialisation
Tills
The good things
Being a cashier is a good time as you get to talk to the customers and your team while working it doesn't feel much like a job
The challenges
Some of the time you'll get an annoying customer or run out of bank note or coins
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