Also called: Federal Reserve Cash Services Associate, Currency Processor
Counts, sorts and checks huge amounts of paper money and coins in a bank or Federal Reserve vault, pulling out fakes and worn-out bills.
Armored trucks deliver bags of cash from stores, and you work behind steel doors and cameras running high-speed counting machines. You catch counterfeit $20s, set aside torn bills for shredding and balance every bag to the penny. Two people sign for every move of money.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. High school diploma; strict background check; paid training.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Shrinking (about -5% over 10 years). Less cash use means fewer vault jobs over time.
High risk for 10 years. High-speed machines sort and check most money; fewer people handle exceptions, security and balancing as cash use drops.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to bank cash vaults, armored car companies (Brink’s, Loomis) or a Federal Reserve Bank; pass the background check
Classes: Business math, Accounting, Keyboarding.
Official data: O*NET occupation 43-3071.
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