Debt, rent and other cash collectors

Description

Debt, rent and other cash collectors collect payments due or overdue from households and businesses and empty cash from prepayment meters or machines.

Tasks

• receives payment at centralised office or calls on household/business premises
• records details of transaction, issues receipt or annotates rent book
• reads gas, water and electricity meters
• cleans, services and fills vending machines and collects money from meters, vending machines and other cash operated machinery
• collects tolls from persons wishing to gain access to private roads, bridges, piers, etc. and operates tollgates to control entry
• remits cash, cheques or credit notes to cashier, supervisor or bank, building society or post office.

Educational Requirements

No academic qualifications are required. Training is typically provided on-the-job. This may be supplemented by specialised training courses within larger agencies.