Application for a Special Employee's or Technician's Licence

Special Employee
You will need a licence if you:

• work in the casino and:
  • supervise or control:
    • table games;
    • cash desk/coin booth; or
    • premium player programs;
  • inspect or deal a table game;
  • account for the issuing, accepting or receiving chips;
  • undertake or supervise:
    • the movement of table drop boxes;
    • surveillance operations of tables; or
  • administer gaming or develop gaming policy
• work for a keno operator or a monitoring operator and:
  • supervise, control or administer:
    • the conduct of games of keno;
    • electronic monitoring systems;
    • core or regulated monitoring functions; or
  • administer gaming or develop gaming policy
• work for the wagering operator (Tabcorp) and:
  • administer a gaming activity or develop gaming activity policy;
  • supervise or control the operation of wagering systems; or
  • manage fraud and integrity functions and systems.

 

Technician
You will need a licence if you are required to install, service, maintain or repair gaming equipment.

If you are unsure whether you require a special employee or technician licence please contact your employer. 

 

Eligibility

Applicants must be 18 years of age or over and be of good character.

 

Probity

You are assessed by the Tasmanian Liquor and Gaming Commission to determine your suitability to be a licence holder. You are required to give authority and consent to the Commission to obtain information from third party providers (including, but not limited to financial and criminal history checks) relevant to your application.

 

Completing this application

To complete your application you will require a passport style photo and proof of identity documents

Please review the following requirements before commencing your application:

• Photograph requirements: Photo requirements | Australian Passport Office
• Proof of Identity documents required Proof of identity | Treasury and Finance Tasmania

Electronic documents or photos lodged must be in .pdf, .doc, .docx, .jpg, .jpeg, .png or .gif file formats.

Please note:  Applications that are incomplete cannot be saved or retrieved.  Please ensure you have all the required information before commencing your application.

Fields Marked with * are mandatory.

Personal Details

Contact Details

Address

What prescribed duties do you undertake that require you to hold a technician’s licence?

In determining your application, the Tasmanian Liquor and Gaming Commission must consider your integrity, responsibility, personal background, financial stability and general reputation, having regard to character, honesty and integrity.

To establish the identity of a person, evidence of identity is required. The list of accepted identity documents is available at Proof of identity | Treasury and Finance Tasmania

Photograph requirements for applicants can be found here Photograph requirements | Department of Treasury and Finance Tasmania

Electronic documents or photos lodged must be in .pdf, .doc, .docx, .zip, .mpg, .jpg, .jpeg, .png or .gif file formats.

 

Personal Information Protection Statement

Personal information is collected by the Department of Treasury and Finance, the Commissioner for Licensing, and the Tasmanian Liquor and Gaming Commission. The Liquor and Gaming Branch of Treasury can be contacted at Liquor and Gaming Branch, GPO Box 1374, HOBART TAS 7001; by telephone at (03) 6166 4040; or by email at gaming@treasury.tas.gov.au

You have a right under the Personal Information Protection Act 2004 to access personal information held about you. Further information about Treasury s Personal Information Protection Policy, including how to make a request to access details of your personal information, is available at www.treasury.tas.gov.au/about-us/corporate-governance/personal-information-protection-policy

Personal information is collected for the purposes of managing, assessing, advising on, and determining the relevant application, as well as for ongoing regulation under the Gaming Control Act 1993 (Tasmania) and relevant regulations.

Personal information may be disclosed to contractors and agents of Treasury, as well as to courts, law enforcement agencies, finance agencies, identity verification services, and other organisations authorised to collect it.

Failure to provide required information may mean that your application cannot be processed.

Declaration

I acknowledge that it is an offence under the Gaming Control Act 1993 to give false or misleading information in relation to an application for a gaming licence or permit. I also acknowledge that giving a false or misleading statement, or failing to disclose relevant information is a ground for disciplinary action. I certify that the particulars contained in the completed application form are true and correct in every detail and fully disclose the information required to complete this application.

By submitting this application and providing my email address, I consent to information being given by means of electronic communication as defined by the Electronic Transactions Act 2000 (Tasmania)

Consent

I authorise and consent to:

• My information being checked with the document issuer or official record holder via third party systems for the purpose of confirming my identity.

• A copy of this consent and my personal information being provided to Tasmania Police or any Australian law enforcement agency for the purpose of conducting a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check. I also consent to the release of any criminal history records recorded against my name in any Australian jurisdiction to the Department of Treasury and Finance, the Commissioner for Licensing and/or the Tasmanian Liquor and Gaming Commission for any regulatory function or purpose under the Liquor Licensing Act 1990 or the Gaming Control Act 1993.

• The Tasmanian Liquor and Gaming Commission, Commissioner for Licensing and any member of the Department of Treasury and Finance to obtain consumer credit information from Experian Data Registries Pty Ltd. In this context where us or we means the Liquor and Gaming Branch (Access Seeker) and you or your means the applicant or associate:

• By nominating us as an Access Seeker, we will be using your access rights to consumer credit information which means that you may be charged in the future for information that would have been available for free from credit reporting bodies.

• We collect information from Experian, a credit reporting body. Further information on how Experian collects, holds, uses and discloses your credit information is available from www.experian.com.au.

• To make a change to credit information, you need to say how it is wrong and provide documentation to support your view. You agree to provide the credit reporting body (through us) certified copies of documents or statutory declarations where no other documentation is available (Supporting Documentation). Where we represent you in any required correction of information, you agree that we will provide the Supporting Documentation to the credit reporting body, and we will be responsible for providing the credit reporting body s response to your correction request to you both truthfully and accurately.

By submitting this application and providing my email address, I consent to information being given by means of electronic communication as defined by the Electronic Transactions Act 2000 (Tasmania).

I, {nameOf} the applicant, agree to the above declaration.

Please review your application carefully, once your application has been submitted amendments to this form cannot be made.

 

By pressing the ‘Payment and Submit’ button, payment will be taken and your application will be lodged with the Liquor and Gaming Branch. An email confirming submission of your application will be sent to your nominated email address.

 

If your payment declines you will be redirected back to this screen.