Parking Attendant

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.

O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Hiker; Parking Attendant; Parking Cashier; Parking Lot Attendant; Parking Ramp Attendant; Valet Attendant; Valet Parker; Valet Parking Attendant

Tasks

• Take numbered tags from customers, locate vehicles, and deliver vehicles, or provide customers with instructions for locating vehicles.
• Inspect vehicles to detect any damage.
• Greet customers and open their car doors.
• Issue ticket stubs or place numbered tags on windshields, log tags or attach tag to customers' keys, and give customers matching tags for locating parked vehicles.
• Perform cash handling tasks, such as making change, balancing and recording cash drawer, or distributing tips.
• Explain and calculate parking charges, collect fees from customers, and respond to customer complaints.
• Park and retrieve automobiles for customers in parking lots, storage garages, or new car lots.
• Provide customer assistance and information, such as giving directions or handling wheelchairs.
• Keep parking areas clean and orderly to ensure that space usage is maximized.
• Call emergency responders or the proper authorities and provide motorist assistance, such as giving directions or helping jump start a stalled vehicle.

Knowledge

• Customer and Personal Service
• English Language
• Transportation

Skills

• Speaking
• Active Listening

Abilities

• Far Vision
• Oral Comprehension
• Oral Expression
• Near Vision
• Speech Recognition
• Problem Sensitivity
• Speech Clarity
• Spatial Orientation
• Deductive Reasoning
• Inductive Reasoning
• Information Ordering
• Selective Attention
• Control Precision
• Multilimb Coordination
• Depth Perception