# Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants

> Service automobiles, buses, trucks, boats, and other automotive or marine vehicles with fuel, lubricants, and accessories. Collect payment for services and supplies. May lubricate vehicle, change motor oil, refill antifreeze, or replace lights or other accessories, such as windshield wiper blades or fan belts. May repair or replace tires.
- **Entity Type:** role
- **Schema Version:** role.v1
- **Soc Code:** 53-6031.00
- **Summary:** Service automobiles, buses, trucks, boats, and other automotive or marine vehicles with fuel, lubricants, and accessories. Collect payment for services and supplies. May lubricate vehicle, change motor oil, refill antifreeze, or replace lights or other accessories, such as windshield wiper blades or fan belts. May repair or replace tires.

## Aliases

- Attendant
- Fuel Dock Attendant
- Gas Attendant
- Service Station Attendant
- Dock Attendant
- Dock Hand
- Fuel Attendant
- Gas Pumper
- Marine Fuel Dock Attendant
- Auto Garage Attendant
- Auto Self Service Station Attendant
- Auto Service Station Attendant

## Tasks

| Text | Type | Iwa |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Collect cash payments from customers, and make change or charge purchases to customers' credit cards, providing customers with receipts. | Core | 4.A.4.c.3.d |
| Prepare daily reports of fuel, oil, and accessory sales. | Supplemental | 4.A.3.b.6.j |
| Check tire pressure and levels of fuel, motor oil, transmission, radiator, battery, or other fluids, adding air or fluids as required. | Core | 4.A.1.b.3.a |
| Perform minor repairs, such as adjusting brakes, replacing spark plugs, or changing engine oil or filters. | Core | 4.A.3.b.4.e |
| Clean windshields. | Supplemental | 4.A.3.a.1.c |
| Clean parking areas, offices, restrooms, or equipment, and remove trash. | Core | 4.A.3.a.1.c |
| Order stock, and price and shelve incoming goods. | Core | 4.A.4.c.3.e |
| Activate fuel pumps and fill fuel tanks of vehicles with gasoline or diesel fuel to specified levels. | Supplemental | 4.A.3.a.3.b |
| Sell and install accessories, such as batteries, windshield wiper blades, fan belts, bulbs, or headlamps. | Core | 4.A.3.a.2.d |
| Grease and lubricate vehicles or specified units, such as springs, universal joints, or steering knuckles, using grease guns or spray lubricants. | Core | 4.A.3.b.4.e |
| Test and charge batteries. | Supplemental | 4.A.1.b.2.d |
| Rotate, test, and repair or replace tires. | Core | 4.A.3.b.4.e |

## Emerging Tasks


## Activities

| Name | Iwa |
| --- | --- |
| Collect fares or payment from customers. | 4.A.4.c.3.d |
| Control pumps or pumping equipment. | 4.A.3.a.3.b |
| Record sales or transactions data. | 4.A.3.b.6.j |
| Clean facilities or work areas. | 4.A.3.a.1.c |
| Clean machinery or equipment. | 4.A.3.a.1.c |
| Provide transportation information to passengers or customers. | 4.A.4.a.3.c |
| Maintain vehicles in good working condition. | 4.A.3.b.4.e |
| Acquire supplies or equipment. | 4.A.4.c.3.e |
| Maintain watercraft engines or machinery. | 4.A.3.b.4.e |
| Install parts, assemblies, or attachments in transportation or material handling equipment. | 4.A.3.a.2.d |
| Sell products or services. | 4.A.4.a.6.b |
| Inspect motor vehicles. | 4.A.1.b.2.d |
| Measure the level or depth of water or other liquids. | 4.A.1.b.3.a |
| Clean vehicles or vehicle components. | 4.A.3.a.1.c |

## Capabilities

| Name | Family | Value |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Customer and Personal Service | knowledge | 4.64 |
| Mechanical | knowledge | 4.4 |
| Sales and Marketing | knowledge | 3.99 |
| Administration and Management | knowledge | 3.76 |
| Oral Comprehension | ability | 3.38 |
| Oral Expression | ability | 3.38 |
| Mathematics | knowledge | 3.27 |
| Manual Dexterity | ability | 3.25 |
| Finger Dexterity | ability | 3.25 |
| Control Precision | ability | 3.25 |
| Trunk Strength | ability | 3.25 |
| Near Vision | ability | 3.25 |
| Active Listening | essential_skill | 3.12 |
| Speaking | essential_skill | 3.12 |
| Service Orientation | transferable_skill | 3.12 |
| Operation and Control | transferable_skill | 3.12 |
| Time Management | transferable_skill | 3.12 |
| Deductive Reasoning | ability | 3.12 |
| Information Ordering | ability | 3.12 |
| Arm-Hand Steadiness | ability | 3.12 |
| Multilimb Coordination | ability | 3.12 |
| Static Strength | ability | 3.12 |
| Stamina | ability | 3.12 |
| Extent Flexibility | ability | 3.12 |
| Speech Recognition | ability | 3.12 |
| Critical Thinking | essential_skill | 3 |
| Coordination | transferable_skill | 3 |
| Complex Problem Solving | transferable_skill | 3 |
| Equipment Maintenance | transferable_skill | 3 |
| Repairing | transferable_skill | 3 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | transferable_skill | 3 |
| Administrative | knowledge | 3 |
| Problem Sensitivity | ability | 3 |
| Visualization | ability | 3 |
| Far Vision | ability | 3 |
| Speech Clarity | ability | 3 |
| Engineering and Technology | knowledge | 2.98 |
| Education and Training | knowledge | 2.98 |
| Chemistry | knowledge | 2.93 |
| Computers and Electronics | knowledge | 2.89 |

## Skills

| Name | Type |
| --- | --- |
| Microsoft Edge | Specialized Skill |
| Mathematics | Common Skill |
| Finger Dexterity | Common Skill |
| Time Management | Common Skill |
| Speech Recognition | Specialized Skill |
| Information Ordering | Specialized Skill |
| Deductive Reasoning | Common Skill |
| Active Listening | Common Skill |
| Visualization | Specialized Skill |
| Microsoft Windows | Common Skill |
| Microsoft Outlook | Common Skill |
| Microsoft Excel | Common Skill |
| Equipment Maintenance | Specialized Skill |
| Critical Thinking | Common Skill |
| Complex Problem Solving | Common Skill |
| Chemistry | Specialized Skill |
| Social Perceptiveness | Common Skill |
| Depth Perception | Common Skill |
| English Language | Common Skill |
| Reading Comprehension | Common Skill |
| Inductive Reasoning | Common Skill |
| Writing | Common Skill |
| Negotiation | Common Skill |
| Active Learning | Common Skill |
| Equipment Selection | Specialized Skill |
| Physics | Specialized Skill |
| Learning Strategies | Specialized Skill |
| Instructing | Specialized Skill |
| Systems Analysis | Specialized Skill |
| Psychology | Specialized Skill |
| Installation | Specialized Skill |
| Telecommunications | Specialized Skill |
| Geography | Specialized Skill |
| Foreign Language | Common Skill |
| Biology | Specialized Skill |

## Tools

| Example | Category | Hot | In Demand |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Apple Safari | Internet browser software | yes | yes |
| Microsoft Edge | Internet browser software | yes | yes |
| Mozilla Firefox | Internet browser software | yes | yes |
| Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | yes | no |
| Microsoft Outlook | Electronic mail software | yes | no |
| Microsoft Windows | Operating system software | yes | no |
| Web browser software | Internet browser software | no | yes |
| Inventory management systems | Inventory management software | no | no |
| Software libraries | Development environment software | no | no |
| Timekeeping software | Time accounting software | no | no |

## Work Context

| Name | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams | 4.96 |
| Telephone Conversations | 4.84 |
| Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | 4.75 |
| Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | 4.72 |
| Time Pressure | 4.6 |
| Spend Time Standing | 4.59 |
| Exposed to Contaminants | 4.57 |
| Frequency of Decision Making | 4.53 |
| Contact With Others | 4.51 |
| Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | 4.5 |
| Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | 4.48 |
| Outdoors, Exposed to All Weather Conditions | 4.45 |
| Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | 4.45 |
| Deal With External Customers or the Public in General | 4.41 |
| Freedom to Make Decisions | 4.4 |
| Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team | 4.13 |
| Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | 4.13 |
| Spend Time Walking or Running | 4.07 |
| Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | 4 |
| Exposed to Sounds, Noise Levels that are Distracting or Uncomfortable | 4 |
| Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | 3.79 |
| Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling | 3.75 |
| Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals | 3.75 |
| Consequence of Error | 3.71 |
| Health and Safety of Other Workers | 3.67 |
| Dealing With Unpleasant, Angry, or Discourteous People | 3.64 |
| Exposed to Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | 3.55 |
| Work Outcomes and Results of Other Workers | 3.49 |
| Conflict Situations | 3.43 |
| In an Enclosed Vehicle or Operate Enclosed Equipment | 3.43 |
| Physical Proximity | 3.4 |
| Coordinate or Lead Others in Accomplishing Work Activities | 3.34 |
| Level of Competition | 3.27 |
| Outdoors, Under Cover | 3.09 |
| Spend Time Bending or Twisting Your Body | 3.08 |
| Exposed to Hazardous Conditions | 3.01 |
| Exposed to Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions | 2.99 |
| Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | 2.68 |
| E-Mail | 2.59 |
| Exposed to Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting Conditions | 2.59 |

## Preparation

- **Job Zone:** 2
- **Job Zone Name:** Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed
- **Education:** Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
- **Experience:** Some occupations may need little or no previous experience; others require several months to a year of experience. For example, landscaping and groundskeeping workers might require very little training or previous experience, while agricultural equipment operators can benefit from on-the job training.
- **Svp Range:** (Below 6.0)

### Education Distribution

| Label | Percentage |
| --- | --- |
| High School Diploma | 58.62 |
| Post-Secondary Certificate | 22.65 |
| Less than a High School Diploma | 16.3 |
| Some College Courses | 2.43 |

## Person Fit

| Name | Family | Value |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Realistic | career_interest_type | 6.4 |
| Physical/Manual Labor | specific_interest_area | 4.8 |
| Mechanics/Electronics | specific_interest_area | 4.45 |
| Conventional | career_interest_type | 4.37 |
| Transportation/Machine Operation | specific_interest_area | 2.81 |
| Engineering | specific_interest_area | 2.24 |
| Sales | specific_interest_area | 2.22 |
| Enterprising | career_interest_type | 2.15 |
| Dependability | work_style | 2.14 |
| Social | career_interest_type | 1.97 |
| Personal Service | specific_interest_area | 1.88 |
| Attention to Detail | work_style | 1.71 |
| Accounting | specific_interest_area | 1.68 |
| Cautiousness | work_style | 1.41 |
| Construction/Woodwork | specific_interest_area | 1.4 |
| Integrity | work_style | 1.4 |

## Related Roles

| Soc Code | Slug | Title | Tier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 49-3023.00 | role-49-3023-00 | Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics | Primary-Short |
| 53-7072.00 | role-53-7072-00 | Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers | Primary-Short |
| 49-9043.00 | role-49-9043-00 | Maintenance Workers, Machinery | Primary-Short |
| 53-7061.00 | role-53-7061-00 | Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment | Primary-Short |
| 49-9031.00 | role-49-9031-00 | Home Appliance Repairers | Primary-Short |
| 49-3031.00 | role-49-3031-00 | Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists | Primary-Long |
| 49-3043.00 | role-49-3043-00 | Rail Car Repairers | Primary-Long |
| 53-6032.00 | role-53-6032-00 | Aircraft Service Attendants | Primary-Long |
| 49-9012.00 | role-49-9012-00 | Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door | Primary-Long |
| 51-8021.00 | role-51-8021-00 | Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators | Primary-Long |
| 47-5071.00 | role-47-5071-00 | Roustabouts, Oil and Gas | Supplemental |
| 49-3093.00 | role-49-3093-00 | Tire Repairers and Changers | Supplemental |

## Career Clusters

| Cluster | Slug |
| --- | --- |
| Supply Chain & Transportation | supply-chain-transportation |

## Education Level

- **Category:** No formal educational credential

## Study Programs


## Market

- **Median Wage:** 34850
- **Mean Wage:** 35800
- **Pct10Wage:** 27870
- **Pct25Wage:** 30600
- **Pct75Wage:** 38430
- **Pct90Wage:** 45240
- **Employment:** 98270
- **Area Title:** U.S.

## Industries


### Top

| Naics | Slug | Title | Level | Employment | Median Wage | Lq |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 44-45 | 44-45 | Retail Trade | Sector | 49550 | 34980 | 4.99 |
| 81 | 81 | Other Services (except Public Administration) | Sector | 39810 | 34450 | 14.11 |
| 71 | 71 | Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation | Sector | 2080 | 36830 | 1.24 |
| 53 | 53 | Real Estate and Rental and Leasing | Sector | 1760 | 31740 | 1.17 |
| 48-49 | 48-49 | Transportation and Warehousing | Sector | 1280 | 40080 | 0.27 |
| 42 | 42 | Wholesale Trade | Sector | 940 | 34500 | 0.24 |
| 56 | 56 | Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services | Sector | 920 | 36770 | 0.16 |
| 561320 | 561320 | Temporary Help Services | National industry | 250 | 32510 | 0.15 |
| 23 | 23 | Construction | Sector | 170 | 53810 | 0.03 |
| 72 | 72 | Accommodation and Food Services | Sector | 110 | 31790 | 0.01 |
| 61 | 61 | Educational Services | Sector | 70 | 47410 |  |
| 55 | 55 | Management of Companies and Enterprises | Sector | 50 | 36260 |  |

### Concentrated

| Naics | Slug | Title | Level | Employment | Lq |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 81 | 81 | Other Services (except Public Administration) | Sector | 39810 | 14.11 |
| 44-45 | 44-45 | Retail Trade | Sector | 49550 | 4.99 |
| 71 | 71 | Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation | Sector | 2080 | 1.24 |
| 53 | 53 | Real Estate and Rental and Leasing | Sector | 1760 | 1.17 |
| 48-49 | 48-49 | Transportation and Warehousing | Sector | 1280 | 0.27 |
| 42 | 42 | Wholesale Trade | Sector | 940 | 0.24 |
| 56 | 56 | Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services | Sector | 920 | 0.16 |
| 561320 | 561320 | Temporary Help Services | National industry | 250 | 0.15 |
- **Count:** 16

## Ai Signals

| Source | Label | Score | Scale | Release |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| frey_osborne | Computerization probability | 0.83 | 0-1 probability | 2013-baseline-2016-employment-snapshot |
| felten_aioe | AI occupational exposure | -1.221489 | relative exposure score | 2021-plus-generative-ai-workbooks |
| felten_image_generation_aioe | Image generation occupational exposure | -1.336295 | relative exposure score | 2021-plus-generative-ai-workbooks |
| felten_language_modeling_aioe | Language modeling occupational exposure | -1.108146 | relative exposure score | 2021-plus-generative-ai-workbooks |

## Ai Outlook


### Index

- **Value:** 12
- **Percentile:** 8
- **Band:** Low
- **Version:** ai-exposure-index-v1

#### Components

| Percentile | Source |
| --- | --- |
| 10 | felten_aioe |
| 18 | openai_gpts_are_gpts |
| 9 | microsoft_working_with_ai |
- **Component Count:** 3

### Exposure

| Source | Label | Value | Percentile | Band | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| felten_aioe | Overall AI exposure (Felten et al.) | -1.221489 | 10 | Low | How much this job's abilities overlap with what AI systems can do, across many AI capabilities. A relative research score, not a forecast of job loss. |
| eloundou_gamma | LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou) | 0.13043478260869565 | 18 | Low | Share of this job's tasks where a large language model plus simple tools could cut the time to do them by at least half. γ is capped at 1.0 and many jobs reach that ceiling, so treat a top score as 'in the top group', not a precise rank. |
| microsoft_applicability | AI assistant applicability (Microsoft) | 0.044187205186551996 | 9 | Low | How applicable today's AI assistants are to this job's activities, measured from real Microsoft Copilot conversations. Applicability is not the same as replacement. |

### Frey Historical

- **Source:** frey
- **Label:** Computerization probability (Frey & Osborne, 2013)
- **Value:** 0.83
- **Percentile:** 68
- **Band:** High
- **Note:** A pre-LLM (2013) estimate of how automatable this job is by computerization and robotics. Shown for historical context only — it is not part of any current AI ranking.
- **Teleworkable:** no

### Eloundou

- **Alpha:** 0.13043478260869565
- **Beta:** 0.13043478260869565
- **Gamma:** 0.13043478260869565

### Usage Tasks

| Task | Usage Percent | Importance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Test and charge batteries. | 0.009757239871985013 | 3.78 |
- **Usage Release:** 2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2

### Bls

- **Growth Percent:** -1
- **Growth Percentile:** 22
- **Direction:** Declining
- **Annual Openings Thousands:** 14.4
- **Annual Openings Percentile:** 72
- **Employment2024Thousands:** 100
- **Employment2034Thousands:** 99

### Sources

| Source | Version |
| --- | --- |
| bls_employment_projections | 2024-2034 |
| dingel_neiman | dingel-neiman-workathome |
| felten_aioe | felten-raj-seamans-aioe |
| frey_osborne | frey-osborne-automation |
| microsoft_working_with_ai | working-with-ai |
| openai_gpts_are_gpts | gpts-are-gpts |

## Ai Playbook

- **Trusted Task Count:** 3
- **Task Count:** 3
- **Total Sample:** 130
- **Autonomy Median:** 3
- **Dominant Collaboration:** learning
- **Automation Share:** 15.38
- **Augmentation Share:** 22.31

### Collaboration

| Label | Percent |
| --- | --- |
| learning | 22.31 |
| directive | 15.38 |

### Use Case

| Label | Percent |
| --- | --- |
| personal | 86.15 |

### Delegated Tasks

| Task | Usage Percent | Collaboration | Autonomy Median | Sample Count |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Test and charge batteries. | 0.004700587573446681 | learning | 4 | 47 |
| Provide customers with information about local roads or highways. | 0.0043005375671959 | directive | 3 | 43 |
| Check air pressure in vehicle tires; and levels of fuel, motor oil, transmission, radiator, battery, and other fluids; and add air, oil, water, or other fluids, as required. | 0.004000500062507814 |  | 3 | 40 |

### Boundary Tasks

| Task | Human Needed Percent | Sample Count |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Provide customers with information about local roads or highways. | 100 | 43 |
| Check air pressure in vehicle tires; and levels of fuel, motor oil, transmission, radiator, battery, and other fluids; and add air, oil, water, or other fluids, as required. | 100 | 40 |
| Test and charge batteries. | 87.2340425531915 | 47 |

### Seed Prompts

| Prompt | Collaboration |
| --- | --- |
| Teach me how to test and charge batteries, then check my work as I try it myself. | learning |
| Do this for me: provide customers with information about local roads or highways. Give me a finished draft I can review and adjust. | directive |
| Help me with this part of my job: check air pressure in vehicle tires; and levels of fuel, motor oil, transmission, radiator, battery, and other fluids; and add air, oil, water, or other fluids, as required |  |
- **Release:** 2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2

## Counts

- **Tasks:** 14
- **Skills:** 35
- **Capabilities:** 120
- **Tools:** 10
- **Related Roles:** 20

## Source

- **Dataset:** gold.onet_role_starter_surface
- **Version:** 30.3
- **Generated At:** 2026-06-02T21:00:32.945303+00:00
- **Content Hash:** 622c95f18feac4d0