Parking Attendants
Also known as: Attendant, Auto Hiker, Auto Lot Attendant (Automotive Lot Attendant) (+40 more)
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.
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What You'll Do
- Take numbered tags from customers, locate vehicles, and deliver vehicles, or provide customers with instructions for locating vehicles.
- Keep parking areas clean and orderly to ensure that space usage is maximized.
- Direct motorists to parking areas or parking spaces, using hand signals or flashlights as necessary.
- Patrol parking areas to prevent vehicle damage and vehicle or property thefts.
- Park and retrieve automobiles for customers in parking lots, storage garages, or new car lots.
- Greet customers and open their car doors.
- Lift, position, and remove barricades to open or close parking areas.
- Inspect vehicles to detect any damage.
- Escort customers to their vehicles to ensure their safety.
- Perform maintenance on cars in storage to protect tires, batteries, or exteriors from deterioration.
Essential Skills
Career Fit Overview
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Top passions
- Maker: Building and fixing energizes you. You like tangible results and practical tools.
- Organizer: Bringing order to data and processes satisfies you.
- Leader: Taking charge and moving ideas forward motivates you.
Common styles
Integrity, Self-Control, Dependability, Stress Tolerance, Independence
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Key Abilities
This career demands strong capabilities in the following areas:
Technologies & Tools
Work Environment & Style
Common Styles for This Career
- Integrity (High importance: 4.28/5)
- Self-Control (High importance: 4.05/5)
- Dependability (High importance: 3.98/5)
- Stress Tolerance (High importance: 3.82/5)
- Independence (High importance: 3.66/5)
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Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful but is usually not required. Training is often provided on the job.
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