Meter readers and vending-machine collectors

Meter readers and vending-machine collectors stock vending machines and collect money from them or from parking meters and other coin-boxes, or read electricity, gas or water meters.

Job Responsibilities

• Filling storage areas of vending machines and collecting money from their containers
• Collecting money from parking meters and similar coinboxes
• Reading electricity, gas or water meters and recording consumption
• Keeping records of merchandise distributed and money collected
• Proceeding along established routes to take readings of meter dials
• Verifying readings in cases where consumption appears to be abnormal, and recording possible reasons for fluctuations
• Inspecting meters for unauthorized connections, defects and damage such as broken seals