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Telephone Betting Clerk

561113 · Sedentary Next-day ready

Description

Records and processes customer bets and account details over the telephone for horse and dog racing, and other sports events. May work in a call centre.

Typical work tasks

Records and enters bets, debiting credit and bank accounts electronically; records and enters bets electronically and in transaction ledgers; issues electronic tickets and prepares summaries of transactions; monitors amounts of money placed on race entrants; checks details and numbers on winning betting tickets against those in electronic records, and pays out money on winning tickets; verifies the identity and account balances of betting agency customers; answers betting inquiries over the telephone, via email and in person; may work in a call centre.

Typical work environment

  • Works indoors in an office or call centre environment connected to a betting facility.
  • Works in adequately heated and ventilated spaces.

Typical physical and mental demands

  • Sedentary physical demand level.
  • Employees frequently sit at a computer station when taking telephone bets.
  • Standing and walking is occasionally required to confer with colleagues and check on betting details and statistics.
  • Lifting, stretching, twisting, climbing is not a significant feature of the job.
  • Repetitive arm hand and finger movements are constantly required to perform data-entry and data processing tasks.
  • Bending, squatting or crouching is not likely to be required.
  • Driving is not required.
  • Use of minor office hand held objects such as pens, calculators and staplers, as well as telephones will also be occasional to frequent. Employees will need to operate computers, printers, copiers and a range of other minor office equipment and refill paper trays and ink supplies.
  • Mental skills necessary include a high level of concentration, mathematical accuracy, organisation, communication and analytical skills.
Entry signal Reviewed

No formal entry barrier — can start without prior training. Flagged next-day ready.

Entry barrier No formal entry barrier
Licence / registration No licence required
ANZSCO skill level 5
Next-day ready Yes

How this was determined (model-generated): ER nil; phone betting clerk has no entry requirements or licence.

Entry Requirements

Nil (ANZSCO Skill Level 5).

Further Comments

There are opportunities for flexibility of movement but they are limited.