1220.0 - Australian Standard Classification of Occupations (ASCO) Second Edition, 1997

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Contents >> 02 Structure & Definitions >> 8 Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers >> 81 Elementary Clerks >> 811 Elementary Clerks >> 8115 Betting Clerks >> 8115-15 Bookmaker's Clerk

8115-15	Bookmaker's Clerk
	Penciller

Assists Bookmakers to provide betting services at race meetings.

Skill Level:
The entry requirement for this occupation is completion of compulsory secondary education or higher qualification.

Tasks Include:

records details of bets on computers or in transaction ledgers
monitors amounts of money placed on race entrants and advises bookmakers
hands copies of betting ledgers to bookmakers after the closing of bets for each race
checks details and numbers on winning betting tickets against those in betting ledgers
crosses off entries on ledgers, pays money to punters and files or marks tickets
pays money on winning tickets

Specialisations:
Bagman/woman