Additional training qualifies attendants to become automobile mechanics. Those with business management capabilities may advance to station managers. Many experienced station managers and automobile mechanics go into business for themselves. Ask friends, relatives and other contacts for job leads For current job listings, browse CalJOBS or America's Job Bank . Click Right facing arrow to replay the Video, Speaker Icon to control Sound.
Most employers prefer high school graduates.
A driver's license is necessary. Attendants also need mechanical ability, knowledge of basic arithmetic, the ability to speak well and clearly and to perform the job in all kinds of weather. Attendants should be polite, neat in appearance, and be able to work with or without close supervision. They supply motor vehicles with fuel, lubricants, and parts. Duties most often performed include pumping gasoline, cleaning windshields, checking the water levels in the radiators and batteries, checking the oil level in engines and the fluid level in automatic transmissions, checking tires for correct air pressure, and handling cash payments or preparing charge slips for credit-card customers.