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Vending Machine Attendants

ANZSCO 8997

Employed

4,500

Part-time share

41%

Female share

70%

Median weekly earnings

$1,150

Median age

32 yrs

Employment outlook

Stable

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia · ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing.

Vending Machine Attendants is a job in Australia. The job figures on this page come from Jobs and Skills Australia and the ABS Census, where they are published. The courses listed here lead to this job. Compare the fee, study mode, length, place, and how to get in before you enquire.

Jobs and Skills Australia rates the job outlook as Stable.

Jobs, part-time share, age, and pay appear on this page only when Jobs and Skills Australia or the ABS has published them for Vending Machine Attendants. A blank is a missing figure, not a pay of zero. The courses below are linked to this job. Open one to compare the fee, study mode, length, campus, and how to get in.

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About this career

Vending Machine Attendants stock and maintain vending and amusement machines and collect money from coin boxes.

What they typically do

  • Loading, unloading and transporting stock and equipment
  • Replenishing vending machines with stock
  • Clearing money from machines, accounting for money collected, and checking monitoring systems
  • Keeping stock records, and machine maintenance and repair records
  • May test vending machines' dispensing, coin-handling, electrical, refrigeration, carbonation and ice-making systems
  • May adjust and repair vending machines and replace defective mechanical and electrical parts using hand tools and soldering-irons

States and territories

Share of workers by location

NSW
47.3%
QLD
20.4%
VIC
17%
SA
5.4%
TAS
3.3%
NT
2.2%
WA
2.2%
ACT
2.2%

Qualification pathways

These accredited qualifications can lead to a career as a Vending Machine Attendants.

No qualification pathways published on training.gov.au yet.