ISCO-08 code

9623

Description

Meter readers and vending-machine collectors stock vending machines and collect money from them or from parking meters and other coinboxes, or read electricity, gas or water meters.
Tasks include -
(a)  filling storage areas of vending machines and collecting money from their containers;
(b)  collecting money from parking meters and similar coinboxes;
(c)  reading electricity, gas or water meters and recording consumption;
(d)  keeping records of merchandise distributed and money collected;
(e)  proceeding along established routes to take readings of meter dials;
(f)  verifying readings in cases where consumption appears to be abnormal, and recording possible reasons for fluctuations;
(g)  inspecting meters for unauthorized connections, defects and damage such as broken seals.
Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Meter reader
- Vending-machine collector

Hierarchy

• 9 - Elementary occupations
  • 96 - Refuse workers and other elementary workers
    • 962 - Other elementary workers
      • 9623 Meter readers and vending-machine collectors

Narrower occupations

• meter reader
• vending machine operator

Concept URI

http://data.europa.eu/esco/isco/C9623