What can you expect from working as a Cashier?

As a cashier, you'll play a vital role in ensuring a positive and efficient shopping experience for customers. Your daily tasks will involve greeting customers, processing payments, operating the cash register, managing cash and supplies, and providing excellent customer service. This role allows you to interact with people from diverse backgrounds, develop valuable skills, and contribute to the success of a retail business.

Your typical day-to-day tasks might include:

1. Greeting customers: Welcoming shoppers and making them feel valued.
2. Processing payments: Handling cash, credit cards, and other payment methods.
3. Operating the cash register: Accurately scanning items, weighing goods, and recording their prices.
4. Issuing sales dockets: Providing customers with receipts for their purchases.
5. Giving change: Accurately calculating and dispensing change.
6. Maintaining supplies: Ensuring there are sufficient supplies of change, wrapping materials, and other necessary items.
7. Cash management: Counting and recording money received, balancing against register sales records, and preparing money for deposit.
8. Petty cash: Recording and balancing petty cash disbursements.
9. Computer operations: Using a computer terminal to administer the store's financial transaction system.
10. Cheque cashing: Cashing authorized cheques.
11. Customer service: Answering questions, assisting with returns or exchanges, and resolving issues.
12. Maintaining a clean and organised workspace: Keeping the checkout area tidy and well-stocked.