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I quite like the idea of this job advertised in my local paper.

Licensing Standards Officer. £20,353 - £24,308
Temporary until March 2010.

You will be responsible for enforcement of legislation relating to the liquor and gambling industries. You will preferrably have experience of working in a regulatory environment and preperation of reports for Committee/Court.

Problem is, I have no experience of working in a regulatory environment, or any of that preperation of reports stuff either. Do you think I would be able to blag it with experience of getting pisched and playing cards?

GFI

i'll sit as a referee

Seriously though, I wouldn't mind having a swing at this (as the money is much better than what I'm on now)

I am a bit underqualified, so will need to nail the application if I'm to stand a chance. I'm obviously going to mention my pub experience, but do you think mentioning full time poker would work for or against me?

I'll be able to do something about the preparing reports bit, does anyone have any advice as to what they may mean by "regulatory enviromnent?" Surely every work environment has regulations to follow and so could be described thusly?

If you don't apply, you won't get it.  Apply, blag, see how you get on :)

By  "regulatory enviromnent?" they mean that places must be complying with for instance the pub license, value of jackpot in fruit machine, using unlicensed gaming staff in a casino etc. etc.

Have a go at blagging it tank. A mate of mine did a similar job awhile ago, his only qualification was he had played guitar in pub rock bands!!!

Dont mention full time poker, but you could mention poker and the new laws and how you might be very keen to inforce them etc etc, but i doubt the job is much about that, more about pubs and fruit machines etc as Ecosse said.

Give it a go though, no harm in not trying..

Go for it Tank. There is no reason not to.

Tank - I've got shedloads of experience of working in a regulatory environment and drafting reports.  If you want me to look over your application and let you know the sort of stuff they will want to hear I'd be more than happy to do that.

Don't be put off too much by not having the experience - it's only preferable.

an organisation that has responsibility for overseeing other bodies and ensuring they keep in line - eg trading standards, ombudmens offices, the likes of OFCOM etc

Claw, that would be absolutely fantastic.(You're my favourite, so you are.)

I'll cobble something together this evening when I get back from work

My mother works in the same line of work heading up the Licensing Department of a local council. She's on just under £50k a year with a company car.

It's a good path for a career, but I don't know how you'd fare trying to get the job without prior experience.

GL Tank!!!!

tell em you were a TD at a now defunct card room and have high organisational skills, but you have seen the light and are looking to move from the dark side to the good side....( maybe that will soften how you seem to have a deep knowledge of poker rooms etc )

gl sir on your quest,

may your biro always have ink when filling out forms in triplicate