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A casino cashier already meets 29% of what the gaming dealer role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.
29%
72.9/ 100
1 Share of the gaming dealer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the casino cashier profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A gaming dealer role treats 6 of its required skills as things a casino cashier already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- casino policies
- communicate with customers
- focus on service
- follow ethical code of conduct of gambling
- report to gaming manager
- show good manners with players
What stands in the way is 14 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A gaming dealer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a casino cashier background worth leading with.
- already held report to gaming manager communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held exchange money for chips communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held casino policies business, administration and law
- already held focus on service assisting and caring
- already held show good manners with players assisting and caring
- already held follow ethical code of conduct of gambling assisting and caring
All 8 carried skills, including the 6 the gaming dealer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 21 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held deal cards required
- required, not held participate in games for player distribution required
- required, not held redistribute wagered money required
- required, not held attract gamers required
- required, not held conduct gambling games required
- required, not held identify customer's needs required
- required, not held operate games required
- required, not held promote company required
- required, not held show diplomacy required
- required, not held train dealers in gaming required
- optional, not held compute results of games optional
- optional, not held apply gaming psychology optional
- optional, not held place bets optional
- optional, not held adapt to changing situations optional
- optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
- required, not held follow safety precautions in a gaming room required
- optional, not held deal with public optional
- required, not held casino game rules required
- required, not held maintain game area required
- required, not held responsible gambling required
- optional, not held manage personal professional development optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a gaming dealer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 deal cards skill · occupation specific
- 02 maintain game area skill · occupation specific
- 03 participate in games for player distribution skill · occupation specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 8 skills that carry over
- already held casino policies knowledge
- already held communicate with customers skill
- already held focus on service skill
- already held follow ethical code of conduct of gambling skill
- already held report to gaming manager skill
- already held show good manners with players skill
- already held exchange money for chips skill
- already held process payments skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held compute results of games optional
- optional, not held apply gaming psychology optional
- optional, not held deal with public optional
- optional, not held place bets optional
- optional, not held adapt to changing situations optional
- optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
- optional, not held manage personal professional development optional
15 held skills the gaming dealer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply company policies skill
- not needed by the target role apply numeracy skills skill
- not needed by the target role carry out inventory control accuracy skill
- not needed by the target role communicate gambling rules skill
- not needed by the target role company policies knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle cash flow skill
- not needed by the target role handle customer complaints skill
- not needed by the target role handle incidents skill
- not needed by the target role keep task records skill
- not needed by the target role legal standards in gambling knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor casino finances skill
- not needed by the target role monitor check-out point skill
- not needed by the target role monitor gaming room skill
- not needed by the target role operate cash register skill
- not needed by the target role prevent money laundering in gambling skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held casino game rules required
- required, not held responsible gambling required
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.