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Parking Lot Attendants

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  • Job description
  • Training and requirements
  • Main skills and characteristics
  • Personality profiles (RIASEC)
  • Additional information

Job description

These individuals manage outdoor and underground parking lots. They control the entry and exit of vehicles. They collect payments and issue parking stubs. They set up equipment to control the flow of traffic. They work in public or private parking facilities.

Environment

  • Vehicle or passenger compartment
  • Odours
  • Nontoxic dust
  • Humidity
  • Uncontrolled ambient temperature

Main tasks

  • Welcome clients and provide them with information.
  • Patrol the parking lots for verification and monitoring purposes.
  • Direct clients to available parking spaces.
  • Ensure the cleanliness of the pay station or parking booth.
  • Manage monthly parking space rental agreements.
  • Park or move vehicles as needed.

Training and requirements

Formation

Sometimes required

  • A valid driver’s licence may be required.

Main skills and characteristics

Skills

  • Data collection
  • Service oriented
  • Oral expression
  • Coordination
  • Social perception
  • Active listening
  • Reading comprehension
  • Operations and control
  • Equipment selection
  • Information processing
  • Equipment maintenance
  • Monitoring operations
  • Repair
  • Operation analysis
  • System analysis
  • Troubleshooting
  • Time management
  • Judgment and decision-making
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Abilities

  • Verbal skills
  • Oral comprehension
  • Near vision
  • Speech clarity
  • Written comprehension
  • Basic numeracy
  • Speech recognition
  • Awareness of issues
  • Time sharing
  • Reaction time
  • Memorization
  • Depth perception
  • Spatial orientation
  • Peripheral vision
  • Response orientation
  • Information processing speed
  • Control accuracy
  • Sound origin identification
  • Hearing sensitivity
  • Information organization
  • Wrist-finger speed
  • Auditory attention
  • Night vision
  • Written expression
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Knowledge and attributes

  • Autonomy
  • Sense of responsibility
  • Knowledge of customer and personalized services
  • Capacity to work in a team
  • Rigour
  • Knowledge of computer science, digital and electronics
  • Respect standards and regulations
  • Assiduity and punctuality
  • Sense of observation
  • Spoken bilingualism (French and English)
  • Tolerance to routine work

Interests

  • Direct, organize, and manage
  • Work in sales or client service
  • Collect, verify, sort, and classify data or information

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.
Additional information

Appellation d’emploi liée (à traduire)

Other service support occupations  (CNP 65329)

Skill type

Sales and service

Related occupations

  • By-law enforcement and other regulatory officers
  • Cashiers
  • Operators and attendants in amusement, recreation and sport
  • Other services supervisors
  • Retail and wholesale trade managers
  • car lot attendant

See also

  • Glossary (PDF 229 Kb)
  • Québec emploi

Last update: January 29, 2026

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