Cashiers Go Back to List 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.

Technology used in this occupation:
	Accounting software

Tasks
	Receive payment by cash, check, credit cards, vouchers, or automatic debits.
	Issue receipts, refunds, credits, or change due to customers.
	Count money in cash drawers at the beginning of shifts to ensure that amounts are correct and that there is adequate change.
	Greet customers entering establishments.
	Establish or identify prices of goods, services or admission, and tabulate bills using calculators, cash registers, or optical price scanners.
	Issue trading stamps and redeem food stamps and coupons.
	Answer customers' questions, and provide information on procedures or policies.
	Cash checks for customers.
	Weigh items sold by weight to determine prices.
	Calculate total payments received during a time period, and reconcile this with total sales.

Skills
	Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
	Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
	Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.
	Mathematics - Using mathematics to solve problems.
	Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
	Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
	Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
	Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
	Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
	Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

Knowledge
	Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
	Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
	English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
	Sales and Marketing - Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
	Education and Training - Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
	Public Safety and Security - Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
	Computers and Electronics - Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
	Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
	Communications and Media - Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
	Telecommunications - Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.

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Wage Information
	Region Average Entry Level  Mid-Range  Annual  Hourly  Statewide $34,127.00 $16.41  $14.85  $15.04 - $17.05  Bridgeport/Stamford $35,078.00 $16.87  $15.12  $15.42 - $17.34  Danbury $34,054.00 $16.37  $14.82  $14.98 - $16.88  Hartford $33,827.00 $16.27  $14.82  $15.01 - $16.74  New Haven $34,116.00 $16.40  $14.95  $15.16 - $17.23  New London/Norwich $33,352.00 $16.03  $14.64  $14.84 - $16.59  Waterbury $33,610.00 $16.16  $14.75  $14.94 - $16.56  Torrington $33,062.00 $15.90  $14.68  $14.81 - $16.44

Occupation Outlook ( 2016 - 2026 ) Average Annual Job Openings:   6921   Employment in this occupation is expected to grow more slowly than average, and the number of annual openings will offer limited job opportunities.

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