Following are examples of the tasks required for a cashier position. For more detailed information including knowledge, skills, abilities, work activities, work context, job zone, interests, work values, work needs, and related occupations, visit the O*Net web site at http://online.onetcenter.org/?r=1&id=805.  

Tasks

• Answer customers' questions, and provide information on procedures or policies.
• Bag, box, wrap, or gift-wrap merchandise, and prepare packages for shipment.
• Compute and record totals of transactions.
• Count money in cash drawers at the beginning of shifts to ensure that amounts are correct and that there is adequate change.
• Establish or identify prices of goods, services or admission, and tabulate bills using calculators, cash registers, or optical price scanners.
• Greet customers entering establishments.
• Issue receipts, refunds, credits, or change due to customers.
• Issue trading stamps, and redeem food stamps and coupons.
• Maintain clean and orderly checkout areas.
• Monitor checkout stations to ensure that they have adequate cash available and that they are staffed appropriately.
• Offer customers carry-out service at the completion of transactions.
• Process merchandise returns and exchanges.
• Receive payment by cash, check, credit cards, vouchers, or automatic debits.
• Request information or assistance using paging systems.
• Resolve customer complaints.
• Sort, count, and wrap currency and coins.
• Weigh items sold by weight in order to determine prices.
• Accept reservations or requests for take-out orders.
• Calculate total payments received during a time period, and reconcile this with total sales.
• Cash checks for customers.
• Compile and maintain non-monetary reports and records.
• Keep periodic balance sheets of amounts and numbers of transactions.
• Post charges against guests' or patients' accounts.
• Sell tickets and other items to customers.
• Stock shelves, and mark prices on shelves and items.
• Pay company bills by cash, vouchers, or checks.