7122 Debt, rent and other cash collectors
Unit group 7122 in the ONS Standard Occupational Classification 2020, with the line the Appendix Skilled Occupations gives it. Not immigration advice.
In short
- ONS unit group 7122, in minor group 712 (Sales related occupations) and major group 7 (Sales and customer service occupations).
- Appendix Skilled Occupations (figures as at 3 August 2026, re-checked 26 October 2026): Not on the list: Table 6.
- Going rate as the tables print it:
What the ONS says
Description
Debt, rent and other cash collectors collect payments due or overdue from households and businesses and empty cash from prepayment meters or machines.
Typical entry routes
No academic qualifications are required. Training is typically provided on-the-job. This may be supplemented by specialised training courses within larger agencies. To become a bailiff, you will need to be certified, which includes an enhanced DBS check.
Tasks
- receives payment at centralised office or calls on household/business premises
- records details of transaction, issues receipt or annotates rent book
- reads gas, water and electricity meters
- cleans, services and fills vending machines and collects money from meters, vending machines and other cash operated machinery
- collects tolls from persons wishing to gain access to private roads, bridges, piers, etc. and operates tollgates to control entry
- remits cash, cheques or credit notes to cashier, supervisor or bank, building society or post office
- serves summonses and, on court authority, takes possession of goods to the value of outstanding debt
Related job titles
- Bailiff
- Collecting agent
- Debt collector
- Meter reader
- Pawn broker
- Vending operator
What the Appendix Skilled Occupations says
The Appendix lists this code in the table below, with the table’s own caption and the row as printed. Read the full table, and any condition in it, on GOV.UK.
Table 6: SOC 2020 occupation codes which are not eligible for the Skilled Worker, Global Business Mobility or Scale-up routes
- SOC 2020 occupation code
- 7122 Debt, rent and other cash collectors
- Examples of related job titles (non-exhaustive)
- Bailiff
- Collecting agent
- Debt collector
- Meter reader
- Pawn broker
- Vending operator
Other unit groups in minor group 712
- 7121 Collector salespersons and credit agents
- 7123 Roundspersons and van salespersons
- 7124 Market and street traders and assistants
- 7125 Visual merchandisers and related occupations
- 7129 Sales related occupations n.e.c.
Sources
Occupation text: Office for National Statistics, SOC 2020 Volume 1: structure and descriptions of unit groups (file dated 27 August 2026, version V13). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Open Government Licence v3.0. Tables: Home Office, Immigration Rules Appendix Skilled Occupations on GOV.UK, page updated 3 August 2026; re-checked against the page updated 8 October 2026 on 26 October 2026, tables unchanged.
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