Cashier, Supermarket

Work Term: Casual
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 10 to 20 hours per week
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 1 to less than 7 months
- or equivalent experience
**Work setting**:

- Supermarket/grocery store
**Tasks**:

- Operate cash register
- Process money, cheques and credit/debit card payments
- Scan items
- Tabulate total payment for goods or services required
- Receive payment for goods or services
- Calculate daily/shift payments received and reconcile with total sales
- Suggestive selling
- Stock shelves and clean counter area
- Greet customers
- Accept reservations or take-out orders
- Assist theatre patrons with seat selection
- Attend to hotel safety-deposit boxes
- Wrap or place merchandise in bags
- Weigh produce and bulk foods
- Provide customer service
- Assist customers with self-checkout
- Calculate foreign currency exchange
- Monitor all entrances and exits, request proof of payment when necessary
- Participate in promotional activities
- Verify the age of customers when selling lottery tickets, alcohol or tobacco products
**Computer and technology knowledge**:

- Electronic cash register
- Interac machine
- Price scanner
- Computerized inventory record keeping and re-ordering system
**Security and safety**:

- Criminal record check
**Transportation/travel information**:

- Valid driver's licence
- Public transportation is available
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
**Personal suitability**:

- Accurate
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Team player
**Screening questions**:

- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?