Skills & competences

Description

Meter readers and vending-machine collectors stock vending machines and collect money from them or from parking meters and other coinboxes, or read electricity, gas or water meters.
Tasks include -
(a) filling storage areas of vending machines and collecting money from their containers;
(b) collecting money from parking meters and similar coinboxes;
(c) reading electricity, gas or water meters and recording consumption;
(d) keeping records of merchandise distributed and money collected;
(e) proceeding along established routes to take readings of meter dials;
(f) verifying readings in cases where consumption appears to be abnormal, and recording possible reasons for fluctuations;
(g) inspecting meters for unauthorized connections, defects and damage such as broken seals.
Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Meter reader
- Vending-machine collector