65100 Cashiers

What this occupation covers

Cashiers operate cash registers, optical price scanners, computers or other equipment to record and accept payment for the purchase of goods, services and admissions. They are employed in stores, restaurants, theatres, recreational and sports establishments, currency exchange booths, government offices, business offices and other service, retail and wholesale establishments.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 12 main duties for this code.

• 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.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 12 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 64400 Customer services representatives - financial institutions
• 62010 Retail sales supervisors
• 64100 Retail salespersons and visual merchandisers
• 65101 Service station attendants

Excluded from this code

• Customer services representatives - financial institutions (See 64400 Customer services representatives - financial institutions)
• Head cashier (See 62010 Retail sales supervisors)
• Retail salespersons and visual merchandisers (See 64100 Retail salespersons and visual merchandisers)
• Service station attendants (See 65101 Service station attendants)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

box office cashier · cafeteria cashier · car park cashier · cashier · cashier-wrapper · casino cashier · convenience store cashier · corner store cashier · currency exchange cashier · customer service cashier · dining room cashier · food store cashier · front desk cashier · grocery store cashier · groceteria cashier · hotel cashier · money counter · movie theatre cashier · office cashier · parking lot cashier · racetrack cashier · restaurant cashier · self-serve gas bar attendant · self-serve gas bar cashier

Employment requirements

• Some secondary school education is usually required. High school diploma may be required by some employers.
• A casino gaming licence may be required for cashiers working in gambling casinos.