​A Special Employee is a person employed by a casino, hotel or club to undertake specific gaming duties, such as operating keno or attending to gaming machines.

A Technician is a person who installs, services, repairs or maintains gaming equipment in Tasmania or undertakes software/hardware development, testing and analysis. A technician is not a special employee and is separately licensed.

How to apply

Step One - obtain a digital colour passport style photograph​. Consider the ​requirements of how a photo must be taken to be accepted. The photo can be taken with a smartphone or scanned to your electronic device and uploaded as part of the application in .jpeg, .jpg or .png file format.

Step Two - To establish your identity, accepted proof of​ identity documents must be uploaded as part of the application in .jpeg, .jpg, .png or .pdf file formats.

Step Three - Fill out the online application and upload required documents.

Step Four - Make payment with your Visa or MasterCard credit card via the online application.

An application for a Special Em​ployee's or Technician​'s Licence can be submitted through this link​.​​