PARKING ATTENDANT Airport/Parking/Boat Ramp

Parking Attendant

Under close supervision of a senior or supervising parking attendant, performs the routine work involved in operating a parking facility used for the temporary parking of motor vehicles.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Collects money for parking fees and makes change; directs traffic into parking spaces; operates entrance gate; gives directions to visitors concerning the location of city facilities; keeps parking areas clean; counts money collected and reconciles with receipts; cleans trash around parking lots; performs other related duties as required.

Requirements:

• Knowledge of the problems and proper procedures involved in operating a parking facility.
• Ability to remember and carry out oral and written instructions; add, subtract, multiply, and divide using decimals, percentages, and fractions; learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units; read, write, speak, and understand English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position; and be courteous at all times.

Special requirements:

• Employees are required to wear the uniform provided at all times.
• Minimum age requirement: 16.

Tools and equipment used:

• Parking lot gates; may drive a car or ride a bike.

Physical demands:

• Position requires employee to continuously stand, walk, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel; occasionally sit, talk or hear, and reach with hands and arms; and occasionally stoop or kneel and lift up to 10 lbs. Specific vision requirements: close, distance, color, peripheral, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work environment:

• Position requires employee to continuously work near the moving entrance gate and moving vehicles, be exposed to auto fumes, and work in outdoor weather conditions such as sun, heat, rain, and wind; and occasionally work in wet conditions, be exposed to airborne particles such as sand. Employee may occasionally be required to change work hours or work beyond normal quitting time. The work physical demands and work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.