Car Park Attendant

A car park attendant manages the day-to-day operations of car parking facilities, including collecting fees, issuing parking tickets, and monitoring vehicle entry and exit. They ensure compliance with parking regulations, maintain parking area cleanliness and safety, and respond to customer inquiries about parking tariffs and duration limits.

Collect parking fees from motorists using cash registers or electronic payment systems. Issue parking tickets or validate parking permits for vehicles entering and exiting the facility. Monitor parking bays to identify unauthorised parking, overstaying vehicles, and breaches of parking conditions. Direct vehicle traffic flow to available parking spaces and guide drivers to minimise congestion. Prepare daily cash reconciliation reports and record parking revenue using facility management systems. Inspect the car park for safety hazards, debris, or damage to infrastructure and report maintenance issues. Respond to customer inquiries regarding parking rates, permit validity, and parking duration policies. Issue penalty notices or infringement notices for parking violations in accordance with local council regulations.

The standard entry pathway requires a Certificate I or compulsory secondary education (ABS skill level 5). Specific qualification requirements vary by employer and state. Some employers may accept equivalent experience. Check yourcareer.gov.au for available courses and dewr.gov.au/skills-reform/free-tafe for subsidised training options.

The pay is low and unlikely to rise much without moving into management. You'll be on your feet for long shifts in all weather, handling difficult drivers, issuing fines that upset people, and managing cash handling responsibilities. Automation of number plate recognition is slowly replacing attendants in some facilities.

Most jobs are in city centres, shopping centres, and airports rather than regional areas. Work is almost always on-site at specific facilities, not remote.

Published for ANZSCO unit group 8999, the wider group this job sits in, not for this job on its own.

This is the median for full-time employees who are not managers and are paid at the adult rate, before tax and salary sacrifice. It is a guide to what the work pays, not a wage rate.

Source: ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025, customised report.

• Active Listeningcore
• Attention to Detailcore
• Basic Arithmetic and Numerical Accuracycore
• Check tickets at venue entrycore
• Clean amusement park facilitiescore
• Complaint Handlingcore
• Conflict De-escalationcore
• Customer Needs Assessmentcore
• Incident Reportingcore
• Invoicing and Billing Administrationcore
• Multitaskingcore
• Policy and Procedure Adherencecore
• Problem Solvingcore
• Time Management and Prioritisationcore
• Verbal Communicationcore
• Adaptability and Flexibility
• Clean toilet facilities
• Cultural Awareness and Sensitivity
• Data Entry and Accuracy
• Empathy and Emotional Intelligence
• Regulatory and Legislative Awareness
• Risk Identification
• Workload Self-Management

• ABS OSCA 2024, occupation definition and task statements
• ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025, customised report.
• ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on usual place of residence (Custom Report). OSCA Experimental Estimates.

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Last updated: 30 October 2026