Parking Valets
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Job description
These individuals take care of clients' vehicles when they arrive at and depart from a hotel establishment, for example. They welcome clients and park their vehicle in the parking lot or other space reserved for this purpose. They return the vehicle to the front of the establishment upon request of the client during their stay. They work for:
- Resorts/health spas
- Hotels
- Restaurants and bars
- Private clubs
- Convention centres
Environment
- Vehicle or passenger compartment
- Uncontrolled ambient temperature
Main tasks
- Write down the vehicle's make, number, and registration location on a tag.
- Give the tag and vehicle keys to the parking attendant.
- Help people with limited mobility get into their vehicle.
- Provide information and driving directions to clients.
- Collaborate with their establishment’s reception service to anticipate the number of arrivals and departures.
- Ensure customer satisfaction before and after providing valet parking services.
- Handle complaints, as required.
Training and requirements
Formation
Also required
- A valid driver’s licence.
- Ability to drive a car with manual transmission.
Sometimes required
- Experience with driving several types of vehicles considered an asset.
- Experience in customer service may be required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Oral expression
- Active listening
- Social perception
- Service oriented
- Coordination
- Reading comprehension
- Material resource management
- Operations and control
- Judgment and decision-making
- Monitoring operations
- Result evaluation
- Active learning
Abilities
- Verbal skills
- Speech clarity
- Oral comprehension
- Near vision
- Speech recognition
- Awareness of issues
- Speed control
- Selective attention
- Written comprehension
- Colour perception and distinction
- Depth perception
- Limb coordination
- Overall coordination of the body
- Distance vision
- Peripheral vision
- Auditory attention
- Information processing speed
- Control accuracy
- Deductive reasoning
- Manual dexterity
- Overall balance of the body
- Digital dexterity
- Inductive reasoning
- Hearing sensitivity
- Sound origin identification
- Hand-arm stability
- Information organization
- Spatial orientation
Knowledge and attributes
- Leadership
- Autonomy
- Knowledge of customer and personalized services
- Honesty
- Capacity to work in a team
- Friendliness
- Assiduity and punctuality
- Commitment to quality
- Availability
- Spoken bilingualism (French and English)
- Impeccable appearance
Interests
- Work in sales or client service
- Work in hotels, restaurants, and tourism
- Work manually
- Work outdoors
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
Appellation d’emploi liée (à traduire)
Other service support occupations (CNP 65329)
Skill type
Sales and service
Last update: January 29, 2026
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