Occupation: Cashiers

Cashiers

Receive and disburse money in establishments other than financial institutions. May use electronic scanners, cash registers, or related equipment. May process credit or debit card transactions and validate checks.

41-2011.00 | 28 tasks | 10 job titles
Reported Job Titles (10)
  • Cage Cashier
  • Cashier
  • Center Aisle Cashier
  • Central Aisle Cashier
  • Checker
  • Customer Assistant
  • Sales Associate
  • Store Attendant
  • Store Clerk
  • Toll Collector
Core Tasks (12)
  • Receive payment by cash, check, credit cards, vouchers, or automatic debits.
  • Greet customers entering establishments.
  • Issue receipts, refunds, credits, or change due to customers.
  • Assist customers by providing information and resolving their complaints.
  • Monitor checkout stations to ensure they have adequate cash available and are staffed appropriately.
  • Establish or identify prices of goods, services, or admission, and tabulate bills, using calculators, cash registers, or optical price scanners.
  • Answer incoming phone calls.
  • Answer customers' questions, and provide information on procedures or policies.
  • Request information or assistance, using paging systems.
  • Help customers find the location of products.
  • Process merchandise returns and exchanges.
  • Maintain clean and orderly checkout areas, and complete other general cleaning duties, such as mopping floors and emptying trash cans.
Supplemental Tasks (16)
  • Calculate total payments received during a time period, and reconcile this with total sales.
  • Count money in cash drawers at the beginning of shifts to ensure that amounts are correct and that there is adequate change.
  • Issue trading stamps, and redeem food stamps and coupons.
  • Post charges against guests' or patients' accounts.
  • Compute and record totals of transactions.
  • Weigh items sold by weight to determine prices.
  • Sort, count, and wrap currency and coins.
  • Keep periodic balance sheets of amounts and numbers of transactions.
  • Compile and maintain non-monetary reports and records.
  • Supervise others and provide on-the-job training.
  • Assist with duties in other areas of the store, such as monitoring fitting rooms or bagging and carrying out customers' items.
  • Sell tickets and other items to customers.
  • Stock shelves, sort and reshelve returned items, and mark prices on items and shelves.
  • Bag, box, wrap, or gift-wrap merchandise, and prepare packages for shipment.
  • Cash checks for customers.
  • Offer customers carry-out service at the completion of transactions.