Automotive & Watercraft Service Attendants

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Job Outlook:
None
Education: None
Salary
High: $40,290.00
Average: $32,340.00
Hourly
Average: $15.55

What they do:

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.

On the job, you would:

  • 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.

Personality

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Characteristics of this Career

92% Attention to Detail  -  Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
83% Self-Control  -  Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
82% Dependability  -  Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
80% Analytical Thinking  -  Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
80% Integrity  -  Job requires being honest and ethical.
76% Cooperation  -  Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
75% Initiative  -  Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
74% Stress Tolerance  -  Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
71% Adaptability/Flexibility  -  Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
67% Concern for Others  -  Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
67% Leadership  -  Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
66% Persistence  -  Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Strengths

100% Realistic  -  Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.
61% Conventional  -  Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Values of the Work Environment

61% Support  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.

Job Details

Responsibilities
Collect fares or payment from customers.
Control pumps or pumping equipment.
Record sales or transactions data.
Clean facilities or work areas.
Clean machinery or equipment.
Provide transportation information to passengers or customers.
Maintain vehicles in good working condition.
Acquire supplies or equipment.
Maintain vehicles in good working condition.
Record sales or transactions data.
Maintain watercraft engines or machinery.
Install parts, assemblies, or attachments in transportation or material handling equipment.
Sell products or services.
Inspect motor vehicles.
Maintain vehicles in good working condition.
Operate industrial equipment.
Measure the level or depth of water or other liquids.
Maintain vehicles in good working condition.
Clean vehicles or vehicle components.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

99% Face-to-Face Discussions  -  How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
96% Telephone  -  How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
94% Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets  -  How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets?
93% Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls  -  How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls?
90% Time Pressure  -  How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
90% Spend Time Standing  -  How much does this job require standing?
89% Exposed to Contaminants  -  How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)?
88% Frequency of Decision Making  -  How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?
88% Contact With Others  -  How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
88% Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results  -  What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer?
87% Importance of Being Exact or Accurate  -  How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
86% Outdoors, Exposed to Weather  -  How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions?
86% Exposed to Hazardous Equipment  -  How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment?
85% Deal With External Customers  -  How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job?
85% Freedom to Make Decisions  -  How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
78% Work With Work Group or Team  -  How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
78% Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings  -  How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings?
77% Spend Time Walking and Running  -  How much does this job require walking and running?
75% Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled  -  How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)?
75% Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable  -  How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable?
70% Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions  -  How much does this job require making repetitive motions?
69% Structured versus Unstructured Work  -  To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals?
69% Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling  -  How much does this job require kneeling, crouching, stooping or crawling?
68% Consequence of Error  -  How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable?
67% Responsible for Others' Health and Safety  -  How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job?
66% Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People  -  How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements?
79% Duration of Typical Work Week  -  Number of hours typically worked in one week.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Tasks & Values

81% Getting Information  -  Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
76% Controlling Machines and Processes  -  Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
72% Making Decisions and Solving Problems  -  Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
72% Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment  -  Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft.
71% Communicating with People Outside the Organization  -  Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
71% Performing for or Working Directly with the Public  -  Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
69% Handling and Moving Objects  -  Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
66% Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events  -  Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
65% Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge  -  Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.

Getting Started

Education:
59%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
23%
Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)

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