Australian GovernmentStudy Australia

Vending Machine Attendants


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

What the job involves

  • 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