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Overview
The work connects field visits, utility equipment and customer contact. Readings must be checked, noted and reported so suppliers and clients can use the correct consumption data.
In job descriptions, look for utility meters, route work, customer questions, GPS use, electronic measuring instruments, fault spotting and reporting meter readings.
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Meter readers usually work on assigned routes, moving between properties and utility installations. Accuracy matters because a small reading or meter-identification error can affect billing, consumption advice and supplier records.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes reading gas, water, electricity and heat meters, using handheld devices or electronic instruments, recognising meter faults, answering customer questions and reporting readings clearly.
Salary context
Pay context often follows route complexity, travel time, customer contact, safety exposure, equipment responsibility and whether the role includes fault reporting or consumption advice.
Career paths
Entry can come from field service, customer service, utilities or driving-based work. Development can lead toward utility inspection, customer operations, meter installation support or energy-efficiency advisory work.
Good to know
Check adverts for the utility type, route area, device used for recording readings, customer-contact expectations, lone-working routines and whether the job includes simple fault checks.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for meter reader work. It is not official labour-market statistics or salary data.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 1
Meter Readers, Utilities
43-5041.00
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
35.4Activities of brokers and agents for electric power and natural gas
Alternative labels
Occupation group
Meter readers and vending-machine collectors (9623)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/2bdf0696-776c-47e6-9259-6460af224dac |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 9623.1 |
| ISCO group | 9623 |
| Concept type | Occupation |