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Gas Station Attendants

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  • Job description
  • Hourly wage
  • Job prospects for 2024-2028
  • Sectors of activity
  • Training and requirements
  • Main skills and characteristics
  • Personality profiles (RIASEC)
  • Additional information

Job description

Gas Station Attendants sell fuel, maintenance products, food, and other miscellaneous products. These individuals can carry out minor repairs on vehicles and perform certain checks (e.g. transmission fluid level).

Environment

  • Controlled ambient temperature
  • Climatic conditions
  • Hazardous chemical
  • Odours

Main tasks

  • Fill tank with gas.
  • Provide various services (cleaning, lubrication).
  • Wash windshields.
  • Check tire pressure.
  • Collect payments.
  • Ensure the maintenance of the gas station.
  • Drive customers’ cars to the repair shop, as required.

Hourly wage

The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.
Minimum
$16.10
Median
$16.10
Maximum
$18.00

Job prospects for 2024-2028

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Job prospects for 2024-2028

Job prospects

All of Québec

Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Good

All of Québec

Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available

Total jobs for 2023

All of Québec

1,500

All of Québec

na

Gender distribution

All of Québec

Not available.
23.4% Female
76.6% Male

Not available.
  • 23.4% Female
  • 76.6% Male

Job types

All of Québec

Not available.
Full time
Part time

Not available.
  • Full time
  • Part time

Yearly wage on 2020

All of Québec

$27,600

All of Québec

Other characteristics

All of Québec

  • Non traditional for women
  • None

All of Québec

  • Non traditional for women
  • None

Sectors of activity

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Retail Trade
    NAICS 44, 45
    99% of jobs
  2. Agriculture and Fishing
    NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 1152
    1% of jobs
  3. Agriculture and Fishing
    NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 1152
    1% of jobs
  4. Agriculture and Fishing
    NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 1152
    1% of jobs
  5. Agriculture and Fishing
    NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 1152
    1% of jobs
  6. Others
    0% of jobs

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Retail Trade
    NAICS 44, 45
    99% of jobs
  2. Agriculture and Fishing
    NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 1152
    1% of jobs
  3. Agriculture and Fishing
    NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 1152
    1% of jobs
  4. Agriculture and Fishing
    NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 1152
    1% of jobs
  5. Agriculture and Fishing
    NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 1152
    1% of jobs
  6. Others
    0% of jobs

Training and requirements

Formation

No specific training

Sometimes required

  • A few years of secondary school education are usually required.
  • A Class 2, 3, or 5 driver’s licence is often required.

Main skills and characteristics

Skills

  • Data collection
  • Monitoring operations
  • Information processing
  • Operations and control
  • Critical thought
  • Service oriented
  • Reading comprehension
  • Troubleshooting
  • Active listening
  • Equipment maintenance
  • Result evaluation
  • Quality control analysis
  • Coordination
  • Written expression
  • Oral expression
  • Time management
  • Judgment and decision-making
  • Repair
  • Solving complex problems
More Less skills

Abilities

  • Digital dexterity
  • Manual dexterity
  • Hand-arm stability
  • Awareness of issues
  • Limb coordination
  • Near vision
  • Control accuracy
  • Perception speed
  • Information organization
  • Reaction time
  • Selective attention
  • Written comprehension
  • Oral comprehension
  • Verbal skills
  • Deductive reasoning
  • Inductive reasoning
  • Processing flexibility
  • Distance vision
  • Auditory attention
  • Speech clarity
  • Classification
  • Speed control
  • Written expression
  • Time sharing
More Less abilities

Knowledge and attributes

  • Autonomy
  • Sense of responsibility
  • Knowledge of customer and personalized services
  • Knowledge of production and treatment
  • Sense of initiative
  • Intermediate knowledge of the English language
  • Friendliness
  • Assiduity and punctuality
  • Knowledge of public safety and security
  • Knowledge of mechanics

Interests

  • Work in sales or client service
  • Work manually

Personality profiles (RIASEC)

Realistic
People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
Investigative
People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
Social
People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
Additional information

Official name of the NOC 65101

Service station attendants

Job titles

  • Pump attendant - service station
  • Bus refueler
  • Propane gas pump attendant
  • Service station attendant
  • Marina attendant
  • Apprentice service station attendant
  • Service station attendant apprentice
  • Propane gas attendant
  • Propane refueler
  • Service attendant - gas station
  • Propane tank attendant
  • Gas bar attendant (except self-service)
  • Filling station attendant
  • Gas station attendant (except self-serve)
  • Marina worker
More Less job titles

Skill type

Sales and service

Related occupations

  • Automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics and mechanical repairers
  • Cashiers
  • Retail and wholesale trade managers
  • Retail sales supervisors

See also

  • Glossary (PDF 229 Kb)
  • Québec emploi

See also

Non traditional

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Last update: January 29, 2026

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