Cashier

The cashier is a store worker who keeps track of sales electronically and will physically handle all monies received and disbursed in the store during the shift. Often 2 cashiers working in tandem do the best job. One cashier retrieves product for the customer and scans it. The partner operates the keyboard. Choosing fast, hot-keys, tender-keys, or the multiply key.
Students with good communication skills work well. Experience at a part-time retail job would be helpful. A strong curriculum emphasis in math, English, and speech is suggested.

• Rings up sales on the POS register system. Choose fast or slow total.

• Makes change and counts it back accurately to customers.

• Answers customer's questions on merchandise, pricing, and service.

• Bags or wraps purchases.

• Suggests new or alternate items to buy

• Suggests related items to the original purchase to increase the sale.

• Knowledgeable of prices in the store.

• Knowledgeable of current promotions.

• Balance drawer at end of shift using POS counting template.

• Print drawer sales reports. Pass money to the accountant or advisor.

• Ask the store manager for a loan when low on a cash type. Show POS as paid-in.

• Assists in helping customers

• Assists helping other employees when needed

• Is responsible for keeping the area around the POS station clean and neat

• Use proper business technique in dealing with telephone inquiries.

• Assists the shift manager and other staff members with store projects.

• Shall be aware of store security at all times and report suspicions to the manager.

• Alert management of items that don't scan by filling out a form. Force in the department key.

• Scan student ID cards and get customer-specific data with POS
• Explore retail store management as a future career by job site visit or inviting a guest speaker

• Head cashier
• Restaurant manager
• Retail store manager
• Auto salesman
• Retail sales manager