Service Station Attendant
621611 · Medium Next-day readyService station attendants refuel vehicles or marine vessels. They may top up oil and water, refill gas bottles and take payments for fuel, food and other goods.
Description
Typical work tasks
Fills fuel tanks and containers to level specified by customer; checks and replenishes air pressure in vehicle tyres, and oil and other vehicle fluid levels; washes vehicle windscreens and windows; performs minor repair work to vehicles such as replacing tyres, light bulbs and windscreen wiper blades; maintains and operates automatic car wash facilities; collects payments from customers for purchases; cleans petrol pumps and surrounding driveway, shop and facilities; undertakes stock control and prepares reports on fuel, oil, accessories and other items sold; replenishes stock of fast foods, newspapers, magazines and grocery items.
Typical work environment
- Indoors and outdoors in approximately equal proportions for the period employed.
- Employees work rostered shifts and rotate duties between serving on the forecourt and at the service counter when more than one worker is on duty.
- Usually staff work in adequately heated and ventilated spaces when indoors, but are significantly exposed to the prevailing weather conditions when on the forecourt.
- Elements of personal risk exist as security issues associated with these positions are present to a greater extend than with most other sales roles.
Typical physical and mental demands
- Sedentary to light work demand level. Some staff may occasionally perform medium lifting tasks.
- Frequently stands at sales counters or walks about the workspace.
- Manually or electronically enters customer purchases into the till, receives cash, cheques, eftpos and credit card payments and processes these and issues receipts. May issue customers sales invoices.
- Lifts and passes items purchased across the scanner. Lifting, pulling or carrying, squatting, crouching or bending and stretching and reaching across will occasionally be required.
- Contact with skin irritants (petrol) is likely to some extent in the general course of this work.
- Twisting of the body or neck is not a significant component of the job.
- Frequent repetitive hand and finger movements are necessary for operating electronic tills and petrol pumps.
- Driving is not a significant component of the job.
- Use of hand tools, hand-held objects and equipment will include pens, cash registers, eftpos terminals, petrol pumps and other common items of service station equipment.
- Mental skills necessary include communication, memory, recording and calculating skills.
No formal entry barrier — can start without prior training. Flagged next-day ready.
How this was determined (model-generated): Service station attendant, Nil requirements (Level 5); can start now.
Entry Requirements
- Nil (ANZSCO Skill Level 5).
Further Comments
- There are opportunities for flexibility of movement.