Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a bookmaker can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a bookmaker already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Bookmakers (also often called 'bookies', or 'turf accountants') take bets on sports games and other events at agreed upon odds, they calculate odds and pay out winnings. They are responsible for the risk management.

Also known as on-course bookmaker, race course bookmaker, on course bookmaker, off-course bookmaker, bookmaker clerk, sports bookmaker, senior bookmaker, stadium bookmaker, off course bookmaker, head bookmaker, turf accountant, betting clerk.

Clerical support workers 19 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: bingo caller, 49%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
bingo caller 49% covered odds compiler 41% covered race track operator 30% covered casino cashier 24% covered lottery cashier 23% covered bookmaker You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from bookmaker, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a bookmaker already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A bookmaker needs 13 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • communicate gambling rules communication, collaboration and creativity
  • display betting information communication, collaboration and creativity
  • place bets communication, collaboration and creativity
  • handle cash flow management skills
  • sports competition information social sciences, journalism and information
  • carry out end of day accounts information skills
  • follow ethical code of conduct of gambling assisting and caring
  • assist customers assisting and caring
  • maximise sales revenues communication, collaboration and creativity
  • keep task records information skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a bookmaker does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Bookmaker is filed under Clerical support workers, ISCO major group 4. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a bookmaker’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.