Parking Attendants

What the job really is

Park vehicles or issue tickets for customers in a parking lot or garage. May park or tend vehicles in environments such as a car dealership or rental car facility. May collect fee.

At a glance

• Sector: Transportation & Material Moving
• O*NET-SOC code: 53-6021
• 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:

• Take numbered tags from customers, locate vehicles, and deliver vehicles, or provide customers with instructions for locating vehicles.
• Inspect vehicles to detect any damage.
• Greet customers and open their car doors.
• Issue ticket stubs or place numbered tags on windshields, log tags or attach tag to customers' keys, and give customers matching tags for locating parked vehicles.
• Perform cash handling tasks, such as making change, balancing and recording cash drawer, or distributing tips.
• Explain and calculate parking charges, collect fees from customers, and respond to customer complaints.
• Park and retrieve automobiles for customers in parking lots, storage garages, or new car lots.
• Provide customer assistance and information, such as giving directions or handling wheelchairs.
• Keep parking areas clean and orderly to ensure that space usage is maximized.
• Call emergency responders or the proper authorities and provide motorist assistance, such as giving directions or helping jump start a stalled vehicle.
• Patrol parking areas to prevent vehicle damage and vehicle or property thefts.
• Direct motorists to parking areas or parking spaces, using hand signals or flashlights as necessary.

Tools and technology

Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Automatic ticket dispensers, Barrier gates, Computerized cash registers, Copy machines, CorePark Valet, Desktop computers, Email software, Handheld stop signs

What employers expect you to already be comfortable with.

Where this job leads

Related occupations — the usual moves up and sideways:

• Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs
• Parking Enforcement Workers
• Baggage Porters and Bellhops
• Taxi Drivers
• Counter and Rental Clerks
• Passenger Attendants
• Concierges
• Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room 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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