Group
Occupation
549131 Betting Clerk
Latest release
Consultation draft: Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO)
Reference period
July 2024
Released
25/07/2024
First release
549131 Betting Clerk
Records and processes customer bets, payments, and payouts for horse and dog racing, and other sports and events.
Registration or licensing may be required.
The specialisation Bookmaker's Clerk is illegal in New Zealand.
Specialisations
- Betting Agency Counter Clerk
- Bookmaker's Clerk
- Telephone Betting Clerk
ANZSCO skill level
This occupation has a skill level corresponding to the qualifications and experience below.
Australia
- Skill Level 5: AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education
New Zealand
- Skill Level 5: NZQF Level 1 qualification, or compulsory secondary education
Main tasks
- 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