Parking Enforcement Worker

Patrol assigned area, such as public parking lot or city streets to issue tickets to overtime parking violators and illegally parked vehicles.

O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Meter Maid; Parking Control Officer; Parking Enforcement Officer (PEO); Parking Enforcement Technician (Parking Enforcement Tech); Parking Enforcer; Parking Officer; Parking Patroller; Parking Regulation Enforcement Officer; Parking Technician (Parking Tech); Ticket Writer

Tasks

• Enter and retrieve information pertaining to vehicle registration, identification, and status, using hand-held computers.
• Maintain close communications with dispatching personnel, using two-way radios or cell phones.
• Patrol an assigned area by vehicle or on foot to ensure public compliance with existing parking ordinance.
• Identify vehicles in violation of parking codes, checking with dispatchers when necessary to confirm identities or to determine whether vehicles need to be booted or towed.
• Write warnings and citations for illegally parked vehicles.
• Appear in court at hearings regarding contested traffic citations.
• Maintain assigned equipment and supplies, such as hand-held citation computers, citation books, rain gear, tire-marking chalk, and street cones.
• Respond to and make radio dispatch calls regarding parking violations and complaints.
• Provide information to the public regarding parking regulations and facilities, and the location of streets, buildings and points of interest.
• Make arrangements for illegally parked or abandoned vehicles to be towed, and direct tow-truck drivers to the correct vehicles.
• Observe and report hazardous conditions, such as missing traffic signals or signs, and street markings that need to be repainted.
• Perform simple vehicle maintenance procedures, such as checking oil and gas, and report mechanical problems to supervisors.
• Mark tires of parked vehicles with chalk and record time of marking, and return at regular intervals to ensure that parking time limits are not exceeded.

Knowledge

• English Language
• Public Safety and Security
• Law and Government
• Psychology
• Customer and Personal Service

Skills

• Speaking
• Monitoring
• Active Listening
• Critical Thinking

Abilities

• Oral Expression
• Speech Clarity
• Oral Comprehension
• Written Comprehension
• Far Vision
• Written Expression
• Problem Sensitivity
• Information Ordering
• Selective Attention
• Near Vision
• Speech Recognition