Job description Motor Vehicle Attendant in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue Region
Find out what work is like for a motor vehicle attendant in Canada. This work description is applicable to all Other service support occupations, n.e.c. (NOC 65329).
Other service support occupations
Description
Workers in other service support occupations perform a range of services. They are employed in a wide range of establishments; places of employment are usually indicated in the job title.
Work week duration
Other service support occupations usually work between 35 to 40 hours per week.Job duties
Here are some of the main activities and tasks that Other service support occupations have to perform, and some of the physical demands they involve:
- Beauty salon attendants
- Shampoo, condition and dry customers' hair and assist hair stylists as directed
- Keep work areas clean.
- Door attendants
- Assist persons entering or leaving residential buildings, theatres and similar establishments
- May call taxis and assist with parcels.
- Funeral home attendants
- Drive hearses
- Arrange lights and floral displays
- Escort mourners and act as pallbearers
- Clean funeral parlours and chapels.
- Laundromat attendants
- Replenish vending machines
- Provide change
- Explain operation of machines to customers
- Clean the laundromat and arrange for the repair of broken machines
- May wash, dry and fold laundry for customers
- May operate dry cleaning machines for customers.
- Parking lot attendants and car jockeys
- Collect parking fees and issue ticket stubs
- Direct customers to parking spaces and park cars.
- Ticket takers and ushers
- Collect admission tickets or passes from patrons at entertainment events and direct patrons to their seats.
- Other workers in this group
- Perform services specific to the establishments in which their occupations are found.
Physical demands Help - Physical Demands
- Standing
- Handling material manually
- Making repetitive motions
- Bending or twisting the body
- Walking and running
Workplaces and employers
Here are the typical workplaces where Other service support occupations are employed and some of their main characteristics:
- Grocery stores
- Self-employment
- Supermarkets
- Fish stores
- Butcher shops
Work environment Help - Physical Work Environment
- Indoors, environmentally controlled
- Extreme temperatures
- Hazardous equipment, machinery, tools
- Skin injury
- Standard safety equipment
- Sound and noise
Physical proximity from others Help - Physical proximity from others
- Close (at arm’s length)
Related job titles
Here are some other related job titles that are found in the same occupational category (NOC 65329), and a list of similar occupations:
- beauty salon attendant
- car jockey
- cloakroom attendant
- door attendant (except hotel)
- funeral home attendant
- fur storage attendant
- hotel valet
- laundromat attendant
- parking lot attendant
- shoe shiner
- tanning salon attendant
- theatre usher
- ticket taker
- toll booth attendant
Sources Occupational and Skills Information System & National Occupational Classification
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