65101 Service station attendants

What this occupation covers

Service station attendants employed in automotive service stations sell fuel and other automotive products and perform such services as fuelling, cleaning, lubricating and performing minor repairs to motor vehicles. Those employed in marinas sell fuel, rent boats and related equipment, and maintain marina facilities.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 9 main duties for this code.

• Refuel vehicles
• Perform minor service and maintenance such as washing the windshield, checking fluid levels and air pressure, and replacing parts such as tires, light bulbs and windshield-wiper blades
• Receive payment from customers
• Perform minor property maintenance duties such as sweeping service station lot, trimming shrubs, scrubbing service bays and painting curbs
• May pick up and deliver customers' cars for service station automotive repair department.
• Refuel boats
• Pump boat's marine septic system
• Rent boats, life jackets and other equipment and record rental data
• Maintain dock area and marina facilities and assist in seasonal moving of ramps and docks.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 9 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 72410 Automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics and mechanical repairers
• 62010 Retail sales supervisors
• 65100 Cashiers
• 60020 Retail and wholesale trade managers

Excluded from this code

• Automotive service technician (See 72410 Automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics and mechanical repairers)
• Retail sales supervisors (See 62010 Retail sales supervisors)
• Self-serve gas bar cashier (See 65100 Cashiers)
• Service station manager (See 60020 Retail and wholesale trade managers)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

apprentice service station attendant · bus refueler · filling station attendant · gas bar attendant (except self-service) · gas jockey · gas station attendant (except self-serve) · marina attendant · marina worker · propane gas attendant · propane gas pump attendant · propane refueler · propane tank attendant · pump attendant - service station · pump operator - service station · service attendant - gas station · service station attendant · service station attendant apprentice

Employment requirements

• Some secondary school education is usually required.
• Propane and natural gas pump attendants may require an operator's licence.