Overview
All Insurance, Money Market and Statistical Clerks
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$1,217 Weekly Pay
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Stable Future Growth
Bookmakers
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470 workers Employment Size
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Lower skill Skill level rating
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72% Full-Time Full-Time Share
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43 hours Average full-time
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37 years Average age
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10% female Gender Share
Bookmakers determine risk, offer odds and accept bets on the outcome of racing and other events.
Experience as a Betting Clerk may be required to work as a Bookmaker. Formal qualifications might be useful but aren't essential. Some workers have Vocational Education and Training (VET) or university qualifications in areas such as accounting, management and commerce or business and management.
Tasks
- Obtains information on the form of competitors through research, attending race trials and liaising with contacts.
- Offers and varies odds on competitors after considering the type of event, handicaps, weather conditions and odds offered by other Bookmakers.
- Monitors balances of accounts and determines financial risks.
- Reviews, checks, verifies and issues documentation of transactions made.
- Takes bets and debits credit accounts and bank accounts electronically, and receives cash.
- Records and enters bets electronically and in transaction ledgers.
- Monitors amounts of money placed on race entrants.
- Verifies the identity and account balances of betting agency customers.
- Answers betting inquiries over the telephone, via email and in person.
Prospects
The number of Bookmakers stayed about the same over 5 years:
from 450 in 2011 to 470 in 2016.
Caution: These estimates do not take account of the impact of COVID-19. They may not reflect the current jobs market and should be used and interpreted with caution.
- Size: This is a very small occupation.
- Location: Bookmakers work in many parts of Australia. New South Wales has a large share of workers.
- Industries: Most work in the Arts and Recreation Services industry.
- Full-time: Many work full-time (72%, higher than the average of 66%).
- Hours: Full-time workers spend around 43 hours per week at work (compared to the average of 44 hours).
- Age: The average age is 37 years (compared to the average of 40 years).
- Gender: 10% of workers are female (compared to the average of 48%).
Main Industries
Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Industries are based on the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC 06).
States and Territories
NSW
VIC
QLD
SA
WA
TAS
NT
ACT
Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Share of workers across Australian States and Territories, in this job compared to the all jobs average.
Age Profile
Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Age profile of workers in this job compared to the all jobs average.
Education Level
Source: ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Highest qualification completed by workers in this job (in any field of study). Qualifications needed by new workers might be different from the qualifications of workers already in the job.
Pathways
Experience as a Betting Clerk may be required to work as a Bookmaker. Formal qualifications might be useful but aren't essential. Some workers have Vocational Education and Training (VET) or university qualifications in areas such as accounting, management and commerce or business and management.
Registration or licencing may be required.
Before starting a course, check it will provide you with the skills and qualifications you need. Visit
- Course Seeker to search and compare higher education courses.
- ComparED to compare undergraduate and postgraduate student experiences and outcomes.
- My Skills to compare Vocational Education and Training (VET) courses, providers and student outcomes.
- AAPathways website to explore Financial Services VET training pathways.
Skills & Knowledge
Employers look for Insurance, Money Market and Statistical Clerks who have a high attention to detail, provide good customer service and are reliable.
Filter Skills & Knowledge
Knowledge
These are important topics, subjects or knowledge areas.
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Customer and personal service
Understanding customer needs, providing good quality service, and measuring customer satisfaction.
-
Mathematics
Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics.
-
English language
English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
-
Sales and marketing
Showing, promoting, and selling including marketing strategy, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
-
Economics and accounting
Economics and accounting, the financial markets, banking and checking and reporting of financial data.
-
Administration and management
Business principles involved in strategic planning, leadership, and coordinating people and resources.
-
Computers and electronics
Circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
-
Psychology
Human behaviour; differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; research methods; assessing and treating disorders.
-
Education and training
Curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
-
Production and processing
Raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and ways of making and distributing goods.
-
Clerical
Word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office work.
-
Public safety and security
Use of equipment, rules and ideas to protect people, data, property, and institutions.
-
Personnel and human resources
Recruiting and training people, managing pay and other entitlements (like sick leave), and negotiating pay and conditions.
-
Communications and media
Media production, communication, and dissemination. Includes written, spoken, and visual media.
-
Sociology and anthropology
Group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
-
Law and government
How our laws and courts work. Government rules and regulations, and the political system.
-
Telecommunications
Transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
-
Engineering and technology
Use engineering, science and technology to design and produce goods and services.
-
Foreign language
Foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
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Transportation
Moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road.
Skills
Skills can be improved through training or experience.
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Active listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
-
Monitoring
Keeping track of how well work is progressing so you can make changes or improvements.
-
Reading comprehension
Reading work related information.
-
Coordination with others
Being adaptable and coordinating work with other people.
-
Critical thinking
Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
-
Social perceptiveness
Understanding why people react the way they do.
-
Speaking
Talking to others.
-
Mathematics
Using maths to solve problems.
-
Writing
Writing things for co-workers or customers.
-
Serving others
Looking for ways to help people.
-
Management of personnel resources
Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, and choosing the best people for the job.
-
Active learning
Being able to use what you have learnt to solve problems now and again in the future.
-
Judgment and decision making
Figuring out the pros and cons of different options and choosing the best one.
-
Persuasion
Talking people into changing their minds or their behaviour.
-
Complex problem solving
Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
-
Instructing
Teaching people how to do something.
-
Learning strategies
Figuring out the best way to teach or learn something new.
-
Time management
Managing your own and other peoples' time to get work done.
-
Negotiation
Bringing people together and trying to sort out their differences.
-
Operation monitoring
Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
Abilities
Workers use these physical and mental abilities.
-
Oral comprehension
Listen to and understand what people say.
-
Oral expression
Communicate by speaking.
-
Near vision
See details that are up-close (within a few feet).
-
Sorting or ordering
Order or arrange things in a pattern or sequence (e.g., numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
-
Speech clarity
Speak clearly so others can understand you.
-
Deductive reasoning
Use general rules to find answers or solve problems logically.
-
Written comprehension
Read and understand written information.
-
Far vision
See details that are far away.
-
Selective attention
Pay attention to something without being distracted.
-
Problem spotting
Notice when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong, even if you can't solve the problem.
-
Speech recognition
Identify and understand the speech of another person.
-
Inductive reasoning
Use lots of detailed information to come up with answers or make general rules.
-
Multitasking
Do two or more things at the same time.
-
Perceptual speed
Use your eyes to quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things.
-
Written expression
Write in a way that people can understand.
-
Categorising
Come up with different ways of grouping things.
-
Working with numbers
Add, subtract, multiply, or divide.
-
Finger dexterity
Put together small parts with your fingers.
-
Mathematics
Choose the right maths method or formula to solve a problem.
-
Manual dexterity
Quickly move your hand to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
Activities
These are kinds of activities workers regularly do in this job.
-
Working with the public
Greeting or serving customers, clients or guests, and public speaking or performing.
-
Building good relationships
Building good working relationships and keeping them over time.
-
Communicating within a team
Giving information to co-workers by telephone, in writing, or in person.
-
Researching and investigating
Looking for, getting and understanding different kinds of information.
-
Collecting and organising information
Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or checking information or data.
-
Keeping your knowledge up-to-date
Keeping up-to-date with technology and new ideas.
-
Making decisions and solving problems
Using information to work out the best solution and solve problems.
-
Communicating with the public
Giving information to the public, business or government by telephone, in writing, or in person.
-
Helping and caring for others
Providing personal assistance, medical attention, or emotional support.
-
Training and teaching others
Understanding the needs of others, developing training programs, and teaching or instructing.
-
Looking for changes over time
Comparing objects, actions, or events. Looking for differences between them or changes over time.
-
Monitoring people, processes and things
Checking objects, actions, or events, and keeping an eye out for problems.
-
Negotiating and resolving conflicts
Handling complaints and disagreements, and negotiating with people.
-
Coordinating the work of a team
Getting members of a group to work together to finish a task.
-
Influencing people
Convincing people to buy something or to change their minds or actions.
-
Checking for errors or defects
Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials for errors, problems or defects.
-
Checking compliance with standards
Deciding whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
-
Working with computers
Using computers to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
-
Providing office support
Doing day-to-day office work such as filing and processing paperwork.
-
Explaining things to people
Helping people to understand and use information.

O*NET is a trademark of the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.
The skills and importance ratings on this page are derived from the US Department of Labor O*NET Database Version 21.2, 39-3012.00 - Gaming and Sports Book Writers and Runners.
Work Environment
Learn about the daily activities, and physical and social demands faced by workers. Explore the values and work styles that workers rate as most important.
Filter Work Environment
Demands
The physical and social demands workers face most often are shown below.
-
Indoors, heat controlled
Work indoors with access to heating or cooling.
-
Contact with people
Have contact with people by telephone, face-to-face, or any other way.
-
Teamwork
Work with people in a group or team.
-
Physically close to people
Work physically close to other people.
-
Being exact or accurate
Be very exact or highly accurate.
-
Repeating same tasks
Repeat the same tasks or activities (e.g., key entry) over and over, without stopping.
-
Face-to-face discussions
Talk with people face-to-face.
-
Contact with the public
Work with customers or the public.
-
Making repetitive motions
Spend time making repetitive motions.
-
Spend time standing
Spend time standing at work.
-
Using your hands to handle, control, or feel
Spend time using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls.
-
Loud or uncomfortable sounds
Be exposed to noises and sounds that are distracting or uncomfortable.
-
Impact of decisions
Make decisions that have a large impact on other people.
-
Angry or unpleasant people
Deal with unpleasant, angry, or rude people.
-
Frequent decision making
Frequently make decisions that impact other people.
-
Unstructured work
Have freedom to decide on tasks, priorities, and goals.
-
Walking and running
Spend time walking and running.
-
Exposure to contaminants
Be exposed to pollutants, gases, dust or odours.
-
Lead or coordinate a team
Lead others to do work activities.
-
Competition
Compete with others, or be aware of competitive pressures.
Values
Work values are important to a person’s feeling of satisfaction. All six values are shown below.
-
Relationships
Serve and work with others. Workers usually get along well with each other, do things to help other people, and are rarely pressured to do things that go against their sense of right and wrong.
-
Support
Supportive management that stands behind employees. Workers are treated fairly by their company, they are supported by management, and have supervisors who train them well.
-
Independence
Work alone and make decisions. Workers are able to try out their own ideas, make decisions on their own, and work with little or no supervision.
-
Achievement
Results oriented. Workers are able to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment.
-
Recognition
Advancement and the potential to lead. Workers are recognised for the work that they do, they may give directions and instructions to others, and they are looked up to in their company and their community.
-
Working conditions
Job security and good working conditions. There is usually a steady flow of interesting work, and the pay and conditions are generally good.
Interests
Interests are the style or type of work we prefer to do. All interest areas are shown below.
-
Administrative
Following set procedures and routines. Working with numbers and details more than with ideas, usually following rules.
-
Enterprising
Starting up and carrying out projects. Leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes require risk taking and often deal with business.
-
Practical
Practical, hands-on work. Often with plants and animals, or materials like wood, tools, and machinery.
-
Helping
Working with people. Helping or providing service to others.
-
Creative
Working with forms, designs and patterns. Often need self-expression and can be done without following rules.
-
Analytical
Ideas and thinking. Searching for facts and figuring out problems in your head.

O*NET is a trademark of the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.
The skills and importance ratings on this page are derived from the US Department of Labor O*NET Database Version 21.2, 39-3012.00 - Gaming and Sports Book Writers and Runners.
All Insurance, Money Market and Statistical Clerks
-
$1,217 Weekly Pay
-
Stable Future Growth
Bookmakers
-
470 workers Employment Size
-
Lower skill Skill level rating
-
72% Full-Time Full-Time Share
-
43 hours Average full-time
-
37 years Average age
-
10% female Gender Share
Bookmakers determine risk, offer odds and accept bets on the outcome of racing and other events.
Experience as a Betting Clerk may be required to work as a Bookmaker. Formal qualifications might be useful but aren't essential. Some workers have Vocational Education and Training (VET) or university qualifications in areas such as accounting, management and commerce or business and management.
Tasks
- Obtains information on the form of competitors through research, attending race trials and liaising with contacts.
- Offers and varies odds on competitors after considering the type of event, handicaps, weather conditions and odds offered by other Bookmakers.
- Monitors balances of accounts and determines financial risks.
- Reviews, checks, verifies and issues documentation of transactions made.
- Takes bets and debits credit accounts and bank accounts electronically, and receives cash.
- Records and enters bets electronically and in transaction ledgers.
- Monitors amounts of money placed on race entrants.
- Verifies the identity and account balances of betting agency customers.
- Answers betting inquiries over the telephone, via email and in person.
The number of Bookmakers stayed about the same over 5 years:
from 450 in 2011 to 470 in 2016.
Caution: These estimates do not take account of the impact of COVID-19. They may not reflect the current jobs market and should be used and interpreted with caution.
- Size: This is a very small occupation.
- Location: Bookmakers work in many parts of Australia. New South Wales has a large share of workers.
- Industries: Most work in the Arts and Recreation Services industry.
- Full-time: Many work full-time (72%, higher than the average of 66%).
- Hours: Full-time workers spend around 43 hours per week at work (compared to the average of 44 hours).
- Age: The average age is 37 years (compared to the average of 40 years).
- Gender: 10% of workers are female (compared to the average of 48%).
Main Industries
Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Industries are based on the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC 06).
States and Territories
NSW
VIC
QLD
SA
WA
TAS
NT
ACT
Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Share of workers across Australian States and Territories, in this job compared to the all jobs average.
Age Profile
Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Age profile of workers in this job compared to the all jobs average.
Education Level
Source: ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Highest qualification completed by workers in this job (in any field of study). Qualifications needed by new workers might be different from the qualifications of workers already in the job.
Experience as a Betting Clerk may be required to work as a Bookmaker. Formal qualifications might be useful but aren't essential. Some workers have Vocational Education and Training (VET) or university qualifications in areas such as accounting, management and commerce or business and management.
Registration or licencing may be required.
Before starting a course, check it will provide you with the skills and qualifications you need. Visit
- Course Seeker to search and compare higher education courses.
- ComparED to compare undergraduate and postgraduate student experiences and outcomes.
- My Skills to compare Vocational Education and Training (VET) courses, providers and student outcomes.
- AAPathways website to explore Financial Services VET training pathways.
Employers look for Insurance, Money Market and Statistical Clerks who have a high attention to detail, provide good customer service and are reliable.
Filter Skills & Knowledge
Knowledge
These are important topics, subjects or knowledge areas.
-
Customer and personal service
Understanding customer needs, providing good quality service, and measuring customer satisfaction.
-
Mathematics
Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics.
-
English language
English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
-
Sales and marketing
Showing, promoting, and selling including marketing strategy, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
-
Economics and accounting
Economics and accounting, the financial markets, banking and checking and reporting of financial data.
-
Administration and management
Business principles involved in strategic planning, leadership, and coordinating people and resources.
-
Computers and electronics
Circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
-
Psychology
Human behaviour; differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; research methods; assessing and treating disorders.
-
Education and training
Curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
-
Production and processing
Raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and ways of making and distributing goods.
-
Clerical
Word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office work.
-
Public safety and security
Use of equipment, rules and ideas to protect people, data, property, and institutions.
-
Personnel and human resources
Recruiting and training people, managing pay and other entitlements (like sick leave), and negotiating pay and conditions.
-
Communications and media
Media production, communication, and dissemination. Includes written, spoken, and visual media.
-
Sociology and anthropology
Group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
-
Law and government
How our laws and courts work. Government rules and regulations, and the political system.
-
Telecommunications
Transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
-
Engineering and technology
Use engineering, science and technology to design and produce goods and services.
-
Foreign language
Foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
-
Transportation
Moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road.
Skills
Skills can be improved through training or experience.
-
Active listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
-
Monitoring
Keeping track of how well work is progressing so you can make changes or improvements.
-
Reading comprehension
Reading work related information.
-
Coordination with others
Being adaptable and coordinating work with other people.
-
Critical thinking
Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
-
Social perceptiveness
Understanding why people react the way they do.
-
Speaking
Talking to others.
-
Mathematics
Using maths to solve problems.
-
Writing
Writing things for co-workers or customers.
-
Serving others
Looking for ways to help people.
-
Management of personnel resources
Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, and choosing the best people for the job.
-
Active learning
Being able to use what you have learnt to solve problems now and again in the future.
-
Judgment and decision making
Figuring out the pros and cons of different options and choosing the best one.
-
Persuasion
Talking people into changing their minds or their behaviour.
-
Complex problem solving
Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
-
Instructing
Teaching people how to do something.
-
Learning strategies
Figuring out the best way to teach or learn something new.
-
Time management
Managing your own and other peoples' time to get work done.
-
Negotiation
Bringing people together and trying to sort out their differences.
-
Operation monitoring
Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
Abilities
Workers use these physical and mental abilities.
-
Oral comprehension
Listen to and understand what people say.
-
Oral expression
Communicate by speaking.
-
Near vision
See details that are up-close (within a few feet).
-
Sorting or ordering
Order or arrange things in a pattern or sequence (e.g., numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
-
Speech clarity
Speak clearly so others can understand you.
-
Deductive reasoning
Use general rules to find answers or solve problems logically.
-
Written comprehension
Read and understand written information.
-
Far vision
See details that are far away.
-
Selective attention
Pay attention to something without being distracted.
-
Problem spotting
Notice when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong, even if you can't solve the problem.
-
Speech recognition
Identify and understand the speech of another person.
-
Inductive reasoning
Use lots of detailed information to come up with answers or make general rules.
-
Multitasking
Do two or more things at the same time.
-
Perceptual speed
Use your eyes to quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things.
-
Written expression
Write in a way that people can understand.
-
Categorising
Come up with different ways of grouping things.
-
Working with numbers
Add, subtract, multiply, or divide.
-
Finger dexterity
Put together small parts with your fingers.
-
Mathematics
Choose the right maths method or formula to solve a problem.
-
Manual dexterity
Quickly move your hand to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
Activities
These are kinds of activities workers regularly do in this job.
-
Working with the public
Greeting or serving customers, clients or guests, and public speaking or performing.
-
Building good relationships
Building good working relationships and keeping them over time.
-
Communicating within a team
Giving information to co-workers by telephone, in writing, or in person.
-
Researching and investigating
Looking for, getting and understanding different kinds of information.
-
Collecting and organising information
Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or checking information or data.
-
Keeping your knowledge up-to-date
Keeping up-to-date with technology and new ideas.
-
Making decisions and solving problems
Using information to work out the best solution and solve problems.
-
Communicating with the public
Giving information to the public, business or government by telephone, in writing, or in person.
-
Helping and caring for others
Providing personal assistance, medical attention, or emotional support.
-
Training and teaching others
Understanding the needs of others, developing training programs, and teaching or instructing.
-
Looking for changes over time
Comparing objects, actions, or events. Looking for differences between them or changes over time.
-
Monitoring people, processes and things
Checking objects, actions, or events, and keeping an eye out for problems.
-
Negotiating and resolving conflicts
Handling complaints and disagreements, and negotiating with people.
-
Coordinating the work of a team
Getting members of a group to work together to finish a task.
-
Influencing people
Convincing people to buy something or to change their minds or actions.
-
Checking for errors or defects
Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials for errors, problems or defects.
-
Checking compliance with standards
Deciding whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
-
Working with computers
Using computers to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
-
Providing office support
Doing day-to-day office work such as filing and processing paperwork.
-
Explaining things to people
Helping people to understand and use information.

O*NET is a trademark of the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.
The skills and importance ratings on this page are derived from the US Department of Labor O*NET Database Version 21.2, 39-3012.00 - Gaming and Sports Book Writers and Runners.
Learn about the daily activities, and physical and social demands faced by workers. Explore the values and work styles that workers rate as most important.
Filter Work Environment
Demands
The physical and social demands workers face most often are shown below.
-
Indoors, heat controlled
Work indoors with access to heating or cooling.
-
Contact with people
Have contact with people by telephone, face-to-face, or any other way.
-
Teamwork
Work with people in a group or team.
-
Physically close to people
Work physically close to other people.
-
Being exact or accurate
Be very exact or highly accurate.
-
Repeating same tasks
Repeat the same tasks or activities (e.g., key entry) over and over, without stopping.
-
Face-to-face discussions
Talk with people face-to-face.
-
Contact with the public
Work with customers or the public.
-
Making repetitive motions
Spend time making repetitive motions.
-
Spend time standing
Spend time standing at work.
-
Using your hands to handle, control, or feel
Spend time using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls.
-
Loud or uncomfortable sounds
Be exposed to noises and sounds that are distracting or uncomfortable.
-
Impact of decisions
Make decisions that have a large impact on other people.
-
Angry or unpleasant people
Deal with unpleasant, angry, or rude people.
-
Frequent decision making
Frequently make decisions that impact other people.
-
Unstructured work
Have freedom to decide on tasks, priorities, and goals.
-
Walking and running
Spend time walking and running.
-
Exposure to contaminants
Be exposed to pollutants, gases, dust or odours.
-
Lead or coordinate a team
Lead others to do work activities.
-
Competition
Compete with others, or be aware of competitive pressures.
Values
Work values are important to a person’s feeling of satisfaction. All six values are shown below.
-
Relationships
Serve and work with others. Workers usually get along well with each other, do things to help other people, and are rarely pressured to do things that go against their sense of right and wrong.
-
Support
Supportive management that stands behind employees. Workers are treated fairly by their company, they are supported by management, and have supervisors who train them well.
-
Independence
Work alone and make decisions. Workers are able to try out their own ideas, make decisions on their own, and work with little or no supervision.
-
Achievement
Results oriented. Workers are able to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment.
-
Recognition
Advancement and the potential to lead. Workers are recognised for the work that they do, they may give directions and instructions to others, and they are looked up to in their company and their community.
-
Working conditions
Job security and good working conditions. There is usually a steady flow of interesting work, and the pay and conditions are generally good.
Interests
Interests are the style or type of work we prefer to do. All interest areas are shown below.
-
Administrative
Following set procedures and routines. Working with numbers and details more than with ideas, usually following rules.
-
Enterprising
Starting up and carrying out projects. Leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes require risk taking and often deal with business.
-
Practical
Practical, hands-on work. Often with plants and animals, or materials like wood, tools, and machinery.
-
Helping
Working with people. Helping or providing service to others.
-
Creative
Working with forms, designs and patterns. Often need self-expression and can be done without following rules.
-
Analytical
Ideas and thinking. Searching for facts and figuring out problems in your head.

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