Job Detail

Main duties

Cashiers perform some or all of the following duties:

• Greet customers
• Establish or identify price of goods, services or admission and tabulate total payment required using electronic or other cash register, optical price scanner or other equipment
• Weigh produce and bulk foods
• Receive and process payments by cash, cheque, credit card or automatic debit
• Wrap or place merchandise in bags
• Provide information to customers
• Assist sports spectators and theatre patrons with seat selection
• Calculate foreign currency exchange
• Calculate total payments received at end of work shift and reconcile with total sales
• Verify the age of customers when selling lottery tickets, alcohol or tobacco products
• May accept reservations and take-out orders
• May also stock shelves and clean check-out counter area.