What You'll Do

  • Collect cash payments from customers, and make change or charge purchases to customers' credit cards, providing customers with receipts.
  • Activate fuel pumps and fill fuel tanks of vehicles with gasoline or diesel fuel to specified levels.
  • Prepare daily reports of fuel, oil, and accessory sales.
  • Clean parking areas, offices, restrooms, or equipment, and remove trash.
  • Provide customers with information about local roads or highways.
  • Perform minor repairs, such as adjusting brakes, replacing spark plugs, or changing engine oil or filters.
  • Order stock, and price and shelve incoming goods.
  • Rotate, test, and repair or replace tires.
  • Maintain customer records and follow up periodically with telephone, mail, or personal reminders of services due.
  • Grease and lubricate vehicles or specified units, such as springs, universal joints, or steering knuckles, using grease guns or spray lubricants.

Essential Skills

Active Listening 3.12/5
Speaking 3.12/5
Service Orientation 3.12/5
Operation and Control 3.12/5
Time Management 3.12/5
Critical Thinking 3.0/5
Coordination 3.0/5
Complex Problem Solving 3.0/5
Equipment Maintenance 3.0/5
Repairing 3.0/5
Judgment and Decision Making 3.0/5
Social Perceptiveness 2.88/5

Career Fit Overview

Use this summary to understand the kind of profile this role rewards. It helps you judge whether this career looks like a stronger match than your current role, a nearby move worth exploring, or a broader path to compare more seriously.

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

Dependability, Attention to Detail, Cautiousness, Integrity, Cooperation

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Key Abilities

This career demands strong capabilities in the following areas:

Oral Comprehension 3.38/5
Oral Expression 3.38/5
Manual Dexterity 3.25/5
Finger Dexterity 3.25/5
Control Precision 3.25/5
Trunk Strength 3.25/5
Near Vision 3.25/5
Deductive Reasoning 3.12/5

Technologies & Tools

Apple Safari Inventory management systems Microsoft Edge Microsoft Excel Microsoft Outlook Microsoft Windows Mozilla Firefox Point of sale POS software Software libraries Timekeeping software Web browser software

Work Environment & Strengths

Common Strengths for This Career

  • Dependability (High importance: 4.43/5)
  • Attention to Detail (High importance: 4.14/5)
  • Cautiousness (High importance: 3.94/5)
  • Integrity (High importance: 3.93/5)
  • Cooperation (High importance: 3.92/5)

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How to Become One

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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Also Known As

This career is known by many different job titles across industries. Here are all the variations:

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