Betting Clerk
- Classification
- Occupation
- Skill level
- 5
- Major group
- Clerical and Administrative Workers
Classification
- Major group
- 5Clerical and Administrative Workers
- Sub-major group
- 54Accounting and Related Clerks
- Unit group
- 5491Other Accounting and Related Clerks
Description
Records and processes customer bets, payments and payouts for horse and dog racing, and other sports and events.
Specialisations
- Betting Agency Counter Clerk
- Bookmaker's Clerk
- Telephone Betting Clerk
Unit group
5491 · Other Accounting and Related ClerksDescription
This unit group covers Accounting and Related Clerks not elsewhere classified. It includes Betting Clerks, Bookmakers and Debt Collectors.
Skill level
Australia
4; 5
Occupation skill level 5
Tasks
Tasks include
- Takes bets, receives payments and pays out on winnings
- Records and enters bets electronically and in transaction ledgers
- Issues tickets and prepares summaries of transactions
- Monitors amounts of money placed on race entrants
- Verifies the identity and account balances of betting agency customers
- Answers betting enquiries
- Monitors and intervenes to ensure gamblers are gambling responsibly
- May assist Bookmakers to provide oncourse betting services at race meetings
Occupations in this unit group
Sources
- www.abs.gov.au/statistics/classifications/osca-occupation-standard-classification-australia/2024-version-1-0/browse-classification/5/54/549/5491
- www.abs.gov.au/statistics/classifications/osca-occupation-standard-classification-australia/2024-version-1-0/data-downloads/OSCA%20Category%20Descriptions.xlsx