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Overview
The work is practical workshop support: positioning vehicles, checking service needs, following work instructions, keeping the area clean and using tools, cleaning agents and protective routines with care.
In job descriptions, look for routine servicing, minor repairs, vehicle records, customer handover, stock of cleaning or maintenance supplies, payment or invoice tasks and safe handling of workshop chemicals.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Vehicle maintenance attendants usually work close to service bays, cleaning areas and customer handover points. Typical tasks are oil and filter changes, spark plug replacement, basic inspections, moving vehicles safely and keeping the work area ready for the next job.
Skills and specialization
Useful depth includes vehicle controls, vehicle types, manual tool use, safe chemical handling, service records, minor scratch or repair work and recognizing when a vehicle needs a mechanic rather than routine service.
Salary context
Pay should be read through workshop pace, independence, customer contact, minor repair duties, invoice or payment handling, stock responsibility and whether the role supports several vehicle types or only routine maintenance.
Career paths
Experience can lead from cleaning and service support toward tyre service, parts or stock roles, junior mechanic work, workshop coordination or customer-facing service reception.
Good to know
Check whether the advert names oil service, filters, plugs, records, cleaning chemicals, vehicle positioning, protective equipment and who signs off work before the vehicle leaves the bay.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or occupation-specific salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Repair and maintenance of motor vehicles
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include roadside vehicle technician, vehicle technician and vehicle maintenance supervisor.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 2
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics
49-3023.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETAutomotive and Watercraft Service Attendants
53-6031.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
AltoTrail preserves the source relationship type. The order is technical and does not show which occupation is best, most relevant or recommended.
AltoTrail validates and presents the source relationships without adding ranking or recommendation semantics.
NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
95.31Repair and maintenance of motor vehicles
Alternative labels
fast-fit service technician
bus maintenance attendant
PCV maintenance attendant
fast-fit maintenance attendant
heavy vehicle maintenance attendant
bus service technician
light vehicle service technician
LGV maintenance attendant
light vehicle maintenance attendant
heavy vehicle service technician
PCV service technician
coach service technician
bus and coach service technician
bus and coach maintenance attendant
coach maintenance attendant
LGV service technician
Occupation group
Motor vehicle mechanics and repairers (7231)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/3b4eb248-6b40-42fe-9d10-cba8ccfe6613 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 7231.8 |
| ISCO group | 7231 |
| Concept type | Occupation |