Job description Gas Station Attendant (except Self-serve) near Regina (SK)

Find out what work is like for a gas station attendant (except self-serve) in Canada. This work description is applicable to all Service station attendants (NOC 65101).

Service station attendants

Description

Service station attendants employed in automotive service stations sell fuel and other automotive products and perform such services as fuelling, cleaning, lubricating and performing minor repairs to motor vehicles. Those employed in marinas sell fuel, rent boats and related equipment, and maintain marina facilities.

Work week duration

Service station attendants usually work between 35 to 40 hours per week.
Between 35 to 40 hours

Job duties

Here are some of the main activities and tasks that Service station attendants have to perform, and some of the physical demands they involve:

  • Automotive service station attendants
  • Refuel vehicles
  • Perform minor service and maintenance such as washing the windshield, checking fluid levels and air pressure, and replacing parts such as tires, light bulbs and windshield-wiper blades
  • Receive payment from customers
  • Perform minor property maintenance duties such as sweeping service station lot, trimming shrubs, scrubbing service bays and painting curbs
  • May pick up and deliver customers' cars for service station automotive repair department.
  • Marina service station attendants
  • Refuel boats
  • Pump boat's marine septic system
  • Rent boats, life jackets and other equipment and record rental data
  • Receive payment from customers
  • Maintain dock area and marina facilities and assist in seasonal moving of ramps and docks.

Physical demands Help - Physical Demands

  • Standing
  • Making repetitive motions
  • Bending or twisting the body
  • Handling material manually

Physical demands

Physical demands are the physical activities that the job requires the worker to do. Physical demands are selected according to the likeliness that workers will have to perform them for at least half of the time they spend at work.

Workplaces and employers

Here are the typical workplaces where Service station attendants are employed and some of their main characteristics:

  • Automotive service stations

Work environment Help - Physical Work Environment

  • Indoors, environmentally controlled
  • Dangerous chemical substances
  • Standard safety equipment
  • Outside, exposed to weather
  • Extreme temperatures
  • Outside, under cover
  • Indoors, not environmentally controlled
  • Sound and noise

Physical proximity from others Help - Physical proximity from others

  • Somewhat close (e.g. share office)

Work environment

The work environment refers to the physical setting in which people work. The characteristics and conditions of the work environment are selected according to the likeliness that workers will be exposed to them at least once a week.

Physical proximity from others

Physical proximity from others refers to the physical distance between individuals in the workplace. The likeliness that the job requires to perform tasks while being physically close to other people is rated on a scale with 3 levels: "Somewhat close", "Close" and "Very close".

Related job titles

Here are some other related job titles that are found in the same occupational category (NOC 65101), and a list of similar occupations:

  • gas station attendant (except self-serve)
  • marina attendant
  • service station attendant

Similar occupations Help - Similar occupations

Similar occupations

This section lists other occupations that are part of the same broad occupational category as Service station attendants in the National Occupational Classification (NOC). These occupations involve similar core qualifications but involve different responsibilities. To see more similar occupations, use the Job Transition Tool.

Sources Occupational and Skills Information System & National Occupational Classification

Labour Market Information Survey
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