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Service Station Attendant

621611 · Medium Next-day ready

Career data Verified

Service 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.

Most common salary $50k – $66k
Upper salary up to $83k
Training No specific training

Description

Sells fuel, lubricants and other automotive accessories and a range of other consumables, and performs minor maintenance tasks on motor vehicles at a service station.

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.
Entry signal Reviewed

No formal entry barrier — can start without prior training. Flagged next-day ready.

Entry barrier No formal entry barrier
Licence / registration No licence required
ANZSCO skill level 5
Next-day ready Yes

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.