How to become a petrol station attendant
Official title: Petrol station attendant
Also called: Petrol pump attendant, Petrol service station attendant, Service station attendant (automobiles), Petrol pump attendant, Service station attendant (automobiles)
Petrol station attendant sells fuel, lubricants and other automotive products and provides services such as fuelling, cleaning and lubricating. He/she ascertains the customer’s requirements and supplies petrol, oil, air or water.
Main tasks
- Filling fuel tanks and containers to level specified by customer
- Checking and replenishing air pressure in vehicle tyres and oil and other vehicle fluid levels
- Washing vehicle windscreens and windows
- Performing minor repair work to vehicles such as replacing tyres, light bulbs and windscreen wiper blades
- Maintaining and operating automatic car wash facilities
- Cleaning petrol pumps and surrounding driveway, shop and facilities
- Ascertaining the products desired by the customer, assisting customers in making a choice, taking orders and communicating orders to kitchen manually or through Point of Sale (POS) systems and/or other software
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $25,980 a year. The middle half earn $22,440 to $41,436 a year.
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How much does a petrol station attendant earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $25,980 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $22,440 to $41,436.
Will AI change the work of a petrol station attendant?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026