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Court Collections Officer

599212 · Light Next-day ready

Career data Close match

Court, local government and licence officers do clerical tasks for courts, local councils or government licensing agencies, like drafting council policies and issuing licences.

Most common salary $62k – $87k
Upper salary up to $124k
Training 0-2 years

Description

Implements court orders and serves legal orders and summonses as an officer of the court.

Typical work tasks

Enforces the law as an officer of the court by executing court orders such as eviction notices; serves legal orders and documents such as summonses and subpoenas.

Typical work environment

  • Works indoors in an office environment connected to the courts and outdoors when carrying out orders of the Court.
  • Indoor workspaces are adequately heated, ventilated, cleaned and lit.

Typical physical and mental demands

  • Sedentary to light physical demand levels.
  • Sits frequently to constantly when carrying out clerical tasks.
  • Frequently to constantly stands and walks about the wider office and other areas to execute court orders and serve documents.
  • Stretching, twisting, climbing and lifting is not a significant component of the job.
  • Bending, squatting or crouching movements should be unnecessary.
  • Repetitive hand and finger movements are frequent when operating a computer or using writing instruments.
  • Driving may be required on a frequent basis.
  • Use of minor office hand-held objects and equipment such as pens, calculators and staplers, as well as computers and telephones will be occasional to frequent.
  • Mental skills necessary include a high level of concentration, administration, organisation, research, clerical and communication skills.
Entry signal Model estimate

Enter via experience or on-the-job training; no mandatory pre-entry qualification. Flagged next-day ready.

Entry barrier Experience or on-job training
Licence / registration No licence required
ANZSCO skill level 3
Next-day ready Yes

Unverified — this label is model-generated and not yet clinician-reviewed. Confirm against the WTDS before relying on it.

How this was determined (model-generated): Court collections officer: ER explicitly says entry-level OJT sufficient, so no mandatory pre-entry qual. Holds.

Entry Requirements

A New Zealand Register Level 4 qualification or at least three years of relevant experience (ANZSCO Skill Level 3). In some instances particular experience and/or on-the-job training may be required. For entry-level positions on-the-job training is sufficient.

Further Comments

  • There are opportunities for flexibility of movement.