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Ticket Seller

639411 · Light Next-day ready

Description

Sells tickets and makes reservations for services such as travel and admission to sporting and entertainment venues. May take tickets, issue boarding passes, or assist in the use of self-check systems. May work in a call centre.

Typical work tasks

Receives customers' requests, accepts payments, collects money, and issues tickets, receipts and change; answers inquiries about charges, routes, schedules, reservations, coming attractions and fares; contacts customers to cancel or confirm reservations.

Typical work environment

  • Employees work in an indoors office environment or enclosed sales booth at a range of organisations and events.
  • Employees may also stand outside events and deal directly with the public, in which case they will work in all weathers.
  • Indoor work environments are generally adequately heated and ventilated.

Typical physical and mental demands

  • Sedentary work demand levels.
  • Employees constantly sit or stand at an office desk or counter issuing tickets, making bookings and carrying out a variety of manual cash-handling transactions.
  • Employees occasionally walk about the office or when selling tickets outdoors.
  • Employees will need to operate adding machines or calculators and other office equipment and refill paper rolls and ink supplies as necessary.
  • Stretching, twisting, climbing and more than very light lifting is not a significant component of the job.
  • Bending, squatting or crouching is not a significant component of the job.
  • Frequent to constant repetitive hand and finger movements are necessary for operating electronic tills and cash-handling.
  • Use of office hand-held equipment such as computers, pens, calculators and staplers will be required on a regular basis.
  • Mental skills necessary include a good level of selling, record keeping, communication and organisational 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): Ticket seller: nil entry requirements.

Entry Requirements

  • Nil (ANZSCO Skill Level 5).

Further Comments

  • There are opportunities for flexibility of movement.