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Job Description
Park vehicles or issue tickets for customers in a parking lot or garage. May collect fee.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 53-6021.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 23,250.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 11.00
- Currently, there are 146,350 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Parking Lot Attendants”.
Also Known As…
- Parking Lot Attendants
- Valet Parking Attendant
- Valet Parker
- Valet Attendant
- Parking Ramp Attendant
- Parking Lot Attendant
- Parking Cashier
- Parking Attendant
- Guest Services Agent
- Front Services Agent
- Valet Runner
- Valet
- Truck Spotter
- Skater
- Ramp Jockey
- Parking Lot Spotter
- Parking Lot Signaler
- Parking Lot Laborer
- Parking Lot Attendant and Cashier
- Hiker
- Car Shagger
- Car Runner
- Car Parker
- Car Lot Attendant
- Car Jockey
- Car Hostler
- Car Hopper
- Car Hop
- Car Hiker
- Car Chaser
- Automobile Relocation Engineer
- Auto Parker
- Auto Hiker
- Attendant
Tasks for “Hiker”
- Inspect vehicles to detect any damage.
- Perform personnel activities, such as supervising or scheduling employees.
- Lift, position, and remove barricades to open or close parking areas.
- Escort customers to their vehicles to ensure their safety.
- Call emergency responders or the proper authorities and provide motorist assistance, such as giving directions or helping jump start a stalled vehicle.
- Direct motorists to parking areas or parking spaces, using hand signals or flashlights as necessary.
- Keep parking areas clean and orderly to ensure that space usage is maximized.
- Service vehicles with gas, oil, and water.
- Perform cash handling tasks, such as making change, balancing and recording cash drawer, or distributing tips.
- Park and retrieve automobiles for customers in parking lots, storage garages, or new car lots.
- Greet customers and open their car doors.
- Perform maintenance on cars in storage to protect tires, batteries, or exteriors from deterioration.
- Take numbered tags from customers, locate vehicles, and deliver vehicles, or provide customers with instructions for locating vehicles.
- Patrol parking areas to prevent vehicle damage and vehicle or property thefts.
- Explain and calculate parking charges, collect fees from customers, and respond to customer complaints.
- 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.
- Review motorists' identification before allowing them to enter parking facilities.
- Provide customer assistance and information, such as giving directions or handling wheelchairs.
Related Technology & Tools
- Automatic ticket dispensers
- Copy machines
- Parking control cones
- Scissors
- Power staplers
- Handheld stop signs
- Light trucks
- Surveillance cameras
- Pay stations
- Portable barricades
- Parking validation machines
- Desktop computers
- Computerized cash registers
- Mobile radios
- Multipurpose hammers
- Mallets
- Utility knives
- Lanterns
- Portable fire extinguishers
- Snow removal blowers
- Salt spreaders
- High power flashlights
- Pavement sweepers
- Work vans
- Reflective vests
- Barrier gates
- Payment processing software
- Microsoft Excel
- Email software
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Outlook