Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants — Tasks

Task statements

• 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.
• Clean parking areas, offices, restrooms, or equipment, and remove trash.
• Order stock, and price and shelve incoming goods.
• Sell and install accessories, such as batteries, windshield wiper blades, fan belts, bulbs, or headlamps.
• Grease and lubricate vehicles or specified units, such as springs, universal joints, or steering knuckles, using grease guns or spray lubricants.
• Rotate, test, and repair or replace tires.
• Prepare daily reports of fuel, oil, and accessory sales.
• Clean windshields.
• Activate fuel pumps and fill fuel tanks of vehicles with gasoline or diesel fuel to specified levels.
• Test and charge batteries.
• Maintain customer records and follow up periodically with telephone, mail, or personal reminders of services due.
• Provide customers with information about local roads or highways.