Career profile for Gaming Cashier

What does a Gaming Cashier do?

Gaming Cashiers in a gambling establishment, conduct financial transactions for patrons.

In addition, Gaming Cashiers

accept patron's credit application and verify credit references to provide check-cashing authorization or to establish house credit accounts,
may reconcile daily summaries of transactions to balance books,
may sell gambling chips, tokens, or tickets to patrons, or to other workers for resale to patrons,
may convert gambling chips, tokens, or tickets to currency upon patron's request,
may use a cash register or computer to record transaction.

What kind of tasks does a Gaming Cashier perform regularly?

Gaming Cashiers are often responsible for overseeing or executing some or all of the following tasks:

Follow all gaming regulations.
Convert gaming checks, coupons, tokens, or coins to currency for gaming patrons.
Maintain cage security.
Maintain confidentiality of customers' transactions.
Count funds and reconcile daily summaries of transactions to balance books.
Cash checks and process credit card advances for patrons.
Determine cash requirements for windows and order all necessary currency, coins, or chips.
Prepare bank deposits, balancing assigned funds as necessary.
Verify accuracy of reports, such as authorization forms, transaction reconciliations, or exchange summary reports.
Provide customers with information about casino operations.
Prepare reports, including assignment of company funds or recording of department revenues.
Supply currency, coins, chips, or gaming checks to other departments as needed.
Perform removal and rotation of cash, coin, or chip inventories as necessary.
Provide assistance in the training and orientation of new cashiers.

The above responsibilities are specific to Gaming Cashiers. More generally, Gaming Cashiers are involved in several broader types of activities:

Activities	Importance	Details
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public		Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates		Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
Getting Information		Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
Working with Computers		Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
Documenting/Recording Information		Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.

Performing for or Working Directly with the Public

Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.

Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates

Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.

Getting Information

Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.

Working with Computers

Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.

Documenting/Recording Information

Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.

What is a Gaming Cashier salary?

The median salary for a Gaming Cashier is $28,650, and the average salary is $29,700. Both the median and average roughly describe the middle of the Gaming Cashier salary range, but the average is more easily affected by extremely high or low salaries.

Many Gaming Cashiers earn significantly more or less than the average, due to several factors. About 10% of Gaming Cashiers earn less than $21,090 per year, 25% earn less than $24,990, 75% earn less than $33,330, and 90% earn less than $39,850.

Between the years of 2020 and 2030, the number of Gaming Cashiers is expected to change by 19.5%, and there should be roughly 1,500 open positions for Gaming Cashiers every year.

Median annual salary: $28,650
Typical salary range: $21,090 - $39,850
Projected growth (2020 - 2030): 19.5%

What personality traits are common among Gaming Cashiers?

Interests

Career interests describe a person's preferences for different types of working environments and activities. When a person's interest match the demands of an occupation, people are usually more engaged and satisfied in that role.

Compared to most occupations, those who work as a Gaming Cashier are usually higher in their Conventional, Enterprising, and Realistic interests.

Gaming Cashiers typically have very strong Conventional interests. Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

Also, Gaming Cashiers typically have moderate Enterprising interests. Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.

Lastly, Gaming Cashiers typically have moderate Realistic interests. Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.

Values

People differ in their values, or what is most important to them for building job satisfaction and fulfillment.

Compared to most people, those working as a Gaming Cashier tend to value Relationships, Support, and Independence.

Most importantly, Gaming Cashiers moderately value Relationships. Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment.

Second, Gaming Cashiers moderately value Support. Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees.

Lastly, Gaming Cashiers somewhat value Independence. Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions.

Psychological Demands

Each occupation brings its own set of psychological demands, which describe the characteristics necessary to perform the job well.

In order to perform their job successfully, people who work as Gaming Cashiers must consistently demonstrate qualities such as dependability, integrity, and self-control.

Below, you'll find a list of qualities typically required of Gaming Cashiers, ranked by importance:

Demands	Importance	Details
Dependability		Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
Integrity		Job requires being honest and ethical.
Self-Control		Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
Attention to Detail		Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
Cooperation		Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.

Dependability

Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.

Integrity

Job requires being honest and ethical.

Self-Control

Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.

Attention to Detail

Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.

Cooperation

Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.

What education and training do Gaming Cashiers need?

Working as a Gaming Cashier usually requires a high school diploma.

Gaming Cashiers need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with this occupation.

Educational degrees among Gaming Cashiers

1.2% did not complete high school or secondary school
13.6% completed high school or secondary school
22.4% completed some college coursework
8.0% earned a Associate's degree
36.8% earned a Bachelor's degree
16.5% earned a Master's degree
1.4% earned a doctorate or professional degree

Knowledge and expertise required by Gaming Cashiers

Gaming Cashiers may benefit from understanding of specialized subject areas, such as customer and personal service, mathematics, or computers and electronics knowledge.

The list below shows several areas in which most Gaming Cashiers might want to build proficiency, ranked by importance.

Knowledge areas	Importance	Details
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.
Computers and Electronics		Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Administrative		Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
Law and Government		Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.

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.

Computers and Electronics

Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Administrative

Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.

Law and Government

Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.

Important Abilities needed by Gaming Cashiers

Gaming Cashiers must develop a particular set of abilities to perform their job well. Abilities are individual capacities that influence a person's information processing, sensory perception, motor coordination, and physical strength or endurance. Individuals may naturally have certain abilities without explicit training, but most abilities can be sharpened somewhat through practice.

For example, Gaming Cashiers need abilities such as near vision, oral comprehension, and oral expression in order to perform their job at a high level. The list below shows several important abilities for Gaming Cashiers, ranked by their relative importance.

Abilities	Importance	Details
Near Vision		The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Oral Comprehension		The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Oral Expression		The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Problem Sensitivity		The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
Number Facility		The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.

Near Vision

The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

Oral Comprehension

The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

Oral Expression

The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

Problem Sensitivity

The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.

Number Facility

The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.

Critical Skills needed by Gaming Cashiers

Skills are developed capacities that enable people to function effectively in real-world settings. Unlike abilities, skills are typically easier to build through practice and experience. Skills influence effectiveness in areas such as learning, working with others, design, troubleshooting, and more.

Gaming Cashiers frequently use skills like speaking, mathematics, and active listening to perform their job effectively. The list below shows several critical skills for Gaming Cashiers, ranked by their relative importance.

Skills	Importance	Details
Speaking		Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Mathematics		Using mathematics to solve problems.
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.
Social Perceptiveness		Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Service Orientation		Actively looking for ways to help people.

Speaking

Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Mathematics

Using mathematics to solve problems.

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.

Social Perceptiveness

Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

Service Orientation

Actively looking for ways to help people.

What is the source of this information?

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