Overview
Vending Machine Attendants stock and maintain vending and amusement machines and collect money from coin boxes.
Day-to-day
- loading, unloading and transporting stock and equipment
- replenishing vending machines with stock
- clearing money from machines, accounting for money collected, and checking monitoring systems
- keeping stock records, and machine maintenance and repair records
- may test vending machines' dispensing, coin-handling, electrical, refrigeration, carbonation and ice-making systems
- may adjust and repair vending machines and replace defective mechanical and electrical parts using hand tools and soldering-irons.
Considerations
- Requires driving
- Irregular hours
- Working outdoors
- Stressful
To become a Vending Machine Attendant
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You can work as a Vending Machine Attendant without formal qualifications. Some on the job training may be provided. A certificate III in electrical machine repair might be helpful.
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