Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers
Install, service, adjust, or repair coin, vending, or amusement machines including video games, juke boxes, pinball machines, or slot machines.
Most important skills
- Repairing
- Equipment Maintenance
- Troubleshooting
- Operations Monitoring
- Operation and Control
- Quality Control Analysis
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
Key knowledge
- Computers and Electronics
- Mechanical
- Customer and Personal Service
- English Language
- Engineering and Technology
- Administrative
- Sales and Marketing
- Mathematics
What the work involves
- Fill machines with products, ingredients, money, and other supplies.
- Inspect machines and meters to determine causes of malfunctions and fix minor problems such as jammed bills or stuck products.
- Test machines to determine proper functioning.
- Clean and oil machine parts.
- Record transaction information on forms or logs, and notify designated personnel of discrepancies.
- Maintain records of machine maintenance and repair.
- Replace malfunctioning parts, such as worn magnetic heads on automatic teller machine (ATM) card readers.
- Adjust and repair coin, vending, or amusement machines and meters and replace defective mechanical and electrical parts, using hand tools, soldering irons, and diagrams.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Realistic, Conventional, Enterprising.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) (91.6% of respondents)
- Related experience
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year (41.8%)
- On-the-job training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months (36.2%)
- Preparation level
- O*NET job zone 2: Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed
- Licensing
- Not yet verified. Check your state licensing board.
Check before planning
- Licensing for Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers is not yet verified for any state: check the state licensing board before planning.
Limits
- Distributions show what current workers or occupational experts report, not legal minimums.
- Requirements vary by employer and state; time to qualify is not estimated.
Source: O*NET 31.0 Database (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections · dataset 2026.10.8 · method e3-qualification-1.0.0
Work environment
How the typical conditions of this occupation compare with 911 occupations in O*NET (very low = the lowest fifth).
Levels are relative. Most occupations involve a lot of contact with people, for example, so “very low” can still mean regular contact; the last column shows what workers actually reported.
| Condition | Level | Compared with other occupations | Most common answer (O*NET survey) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact with others | Low | Lower on contact with others than 68% of occupations compared | 56% of surveyed respondents chose “Contact with others most of the time” |
| Dealing with the public | Moderate | Higher on dealing with the public than 56% of occupations compared | — |
| Teamwork | Very low | Lower on teamwork than 98% of occupations compared | 32% of surveyed respondents chose “Very important” |
| Freedom to make decisions | Very high | Higher on freedom to make decisions than 95% of occupations compared | 84% of surveyed respondents chose “A lot of freedom” |
| Time pressure | Very low | Lower on time pressure than 93% of occupations compared | — |
| Conflict situations | Low | Lower on conflict situations than 71% of occupations compared | 36% of surveyed respondents chose “Never” |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | Very high | Higher on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 84% of occupations compared | 49% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a month or more but not every week” |
| Consequence of error | Very low | Lower on consequence of error than 82% of occupations compared | — |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: very low
- Conflict situations: low
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: very high
- Consequence of error: very low
Each part is shown on its own. There is no combined stress score, and conditions vary by employer and role.
Full answer distributions
Contact with others
- No contact with others: 7.95%
- Occasional contact with others: 0.15%
- Contact with others about half the time: 0%
- Contact with others most of the time: 55.97%
- Constant contact with others: 35.93%
n = 26, Incumbent 07/2017
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 11.9%
- Fairly important: 0.07%
- Important: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Very important: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Extremely important: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
n = 26, Incumbent 07/2017
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 31.8%
- Fairly important: 11.97%
- Important: 14.57%
- Very important: 32.18%
- Extremely important: 9.48%
n = 26, Incumbent 07/2017
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 0%
- Very little freedom: 0.07%
- Limited freedom: 3.65%
- Some freedom: 11.85%
- A lot of freedom: 84.43%
n = 26, Incumbent 07/2017
Time pressure
- Never: 0.64%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 31.46%
- Once a month or more but not every week: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Once a week or more but not every day: 12.36%
- Every day: 11.62%
n = 26, Incumbent 07/2017
Conflict situations
- Never: 35.75%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 14.07%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 15.52%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 32.18%
- Every day: 2.48%
n = 26, Incumbent 07/2017
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: 0.17%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 2.8%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 48.71%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 38.43%
- Every day: 9.89%
n = 26, Incumbent 07/2017
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Fairly serious: 33.24%
- Serious: 1.79%
- Very serious: 20.6%
- Extremely serious: 7.28%
n = 26, Incumbent 07/2017
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