Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants

What the job really is

Service automobiles, buses, trucks, boats, and other automotive or marine vehicles with fuel, lubricants, and accessories. Collect payment for services and supplies. May lubricate vehicle, change motor oil, refill antifreeze, or replace lights or other accessories, such as windshield wiper blades or fan belts. May repair or replace tires.

At a glance

• Sector: Transportation & Material Moving
• O*NET-SOC code: 53-6031
• O*NET job zone: 2 — some preparation
• Work sample tasks on file: 12
• Tools and technologies listed: 12

What you actually do

Work sample tasks recorded for this occupation:

• Collect cash payments from customers, and make change or charge purchases to customers' credit cards, providing customers with receipts.
• Check tire pressure and levels of fuel, motor oil, transmission, radiator, battery, or other fluids, adding air or fluids as required.
• Perform minor repairs, such as adjusting brakes, replacing spark plugs, or changing engine oil or filters.
• Clean parking areas, offices, restrooms, or equipment, and remove trash.
• Order stock, and price and shelve incoming goods.
• Sell and install accessories, such as batteries, windshield wiper blades, fan belts, bulbs, or headlamps.
• Grease and lubricate vehicles or specified units, such as springs, universal joints, or steering knuckles, using grease guns or spray lubricants.
• Rotate, test, and repair or replace tires.
• Prepare daily reports of fuel, oil, and accessory sales.
• Clean windshields.
• Activate fuel pumps and fill fuel tanks of vehicles with gasoline or diesel fuel to specified levels.
• Test and charge batteries.

Tools and technology

Apple Safari, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Windows, Mozilla Firefox, Web browser software, Adjustable hand wrenches, Cash registers, Desktop computers, Electronic engine analyzers, Fuel pumps

What employers expect you to already be comfortable with.

Where this job leads

Related occupations — the usual moves up and sideways:

• Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics
• Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers
• Maintenance Workers, Machinery
• Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
• Home Appliance Repairers
• Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists
• Rail Car Repairers
• Aircraft Service Attendants

Getting in

O*NET assigns this occupation job zone 2 (some preparation). The related occupations above are the realistic routes in and out.

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