Tellers

Receive and pay out money. Keep records of money and negotiable instruments involved in a financial institution's various transactions.

On the job, you would:

• Balance currency, coin, and checks in cash drawers at ends of shifts and calculate daily transactions, using computers, calculators, or adding machines.
• Receive checks and cash for deposit, verify amounts, and check accuracy of deposit slips.
• Monitor bank vaults to ensure cash balances are correct.

Education

• high school diploma/GED

Business

• customer service
• accounting and economics

Arts and Humanities

• English language

Math and Science

• arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics

Safety and Government

• public safety and security

Basic Skills

• listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
• talking to others

Problem Solving

• noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Conventional

People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.

• Integrity
• Dependability
• Attention to Detail
• Self Control
• Cooperation
• Stress Tolerance

Verbal

• listen and understand what people say
• communicate by speaking

Math

• add, subtract, multiply, or divide
• choose the right type of math to solve a problem

Attention

• pay attention to something without being distracted

Ideas and Logic

• notice when problems happen