A professional who operates cash register to compute and record total sale and wraps merchandise for customers in department, variety, and specialty stores. Responsibilities include:

• Receives sales slip, money, and merchandise from salesperson or customer.
• Records amount of sale on cash register and makes change.
• Obtains credit authorization on charge purchases in excess of floor limit from designated official, using telephone or pneumatic tube carrier.
• Inspects merchandise prior to wrapping to see that it is in satisfactory condition and verifies sales slip with price tickets on merchandise.
• Places merchandise in bags or boxes and gives change and packages to selling personnel.
• Wraps packages for shipment and routes to delivery department.
• Balances cash received with cash sales daily.
• May gift wrap merchandise.