STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: CASHIER
Class Code: 1600-09
Date Established: 02-07-58
Occupational Code: 1-3-4
Date of Last Revision: 12-28-01
BASIC PURPOSE: To account for daily, weekly, and
monthly cash receipts, maintain records, and/or make cash disbursements for a
state-operated facility or department.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Makes change, cashes
checks, and issues receipts or tickets to residents, students or the public.
·
Operates a cash
drawer or sweepstakes machine, including balancing a cash drawer on a daily
basis.
·
Prepares cash
deposits and makes deliveries to local financial institutions.
·
Accounts for daily,
weekly and monthly cash receipts.
·
Processes sweepstakes
subscriptions and applications for data entry.
·
Disburses cash to
individuals and maintains account records for each disbursement.
·
Maintains record of
valuables deposited for safekeeping at a state institution.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in applying instructions
to accomplish different job functions OR in operating machines for a variety of
different purposes.
Knowledge: Requires understanding and using
business or trades vocabulary or basic arithmetic to perform standard operating
procedures.
Impact: Requires responsibility for
contributing to agency objectives by ensuring the accuracy of support
activities within one or more organizational units. Errors at this level affect the work of others or have
measurable monetary consequences, and require verification and correction in
order to complete succeeding work operations.
Supervision: Requires partial supervision of other
employees doing work which is related or similar to the supervisor, including
assigning job duties, providing training, giving instructions and checking
work.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions in a controlled environment with minimal exposure to disagreeable job
elements and little risk of hazard to physical or mental health.
Physical Demands: Requires light work, including
continuous walking or operating simple equipment for extended periods of time
as well as occasional strenuous activities such as reaching or bending.
Communication: Requires obtaining and exchanging
information, referring inquiries to the appropriate source, or responding to
questions from state employees or members of the general public.
Complexity: Requires a combination of job functions
using minimal judgment to perform a variety of job tasks according to clearly
prescribed standard practices and procedures.
Independent Action: Requires a range of choice in applying
a number of technical or administrative policies under general direction and in
making routine decisions or in recommending modifications in work procedures
for approval by supervisor.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Graduation from high school or G.E.D.
equivalent with courses in typing and bookkeeping. Each additional year of approved formal education may be
substituted for one year of required work experience.
Experience: One year's experience in handling and accounting
for large sums of cash.
License/Certification: None required.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Working knowledge of bookkeeping
principles and methods and ability to apply and adopt established methods to
varied cash transactions. Working
knowledge of office methods and procedures. Skill in typing.
Ability to perform detailed work involving numerical data and to make
arithmetic calculations rapidly and accurately. Ability to prepare reports and maintain records of moderate
difficulty. Ability to maintain
harmonious relations with other employees and the public. Must be willing to maintain appearance
appropriate to assigned duties and responsibilities as determined by the agency
appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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