Jobs / Physical work / 53-6061.00
Passenger Attendants
Provide services to ensure the safety of passengers aboard ships, buses, trains, or within the station or terminal. Perform duties such as explaining the use of safety equipment, serving meals or beverages, or answering questions related to travel.
- US jobs
- 27,110
- Median wage
- $37,720 a year
- Job family
- Physical work
Can agents do the work of passenger attendants?
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Typical tasks
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- Perform equipment safety checks prior to departure.
- Explain and demonstrate safety procedures and safety equipment use.
- Signal transportation operators to stop or to proceed.
- Secure passengers for transportation by buckling seatbelts or fastening wheelchairs with tie-down straps.
- Respond to passengers' questions, requests, or complaints.
- Determine or facilitate seating arrangements.
- Open and close doors for passengers.
- Greet passengers boarding transportation equipment and announce routes and stops.
- Provide boarding assistance to elderly, sick, or injured people.
- Provide customers with information on routes, gates, prices, timetables, terminals, or concourses.
- Count and verify tickets and seat reservations and record numbers of passengers boarding and disembarking.
- Adjust window shades or seat cushions at the request of passengers.
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Attendant · Bus Aide · Bus Assistant · Bus Attendant · Bus Monitor · Cabin Attendant · Fare Enforcement Officer · Transportation Aide · Transportation Assistant · Transportation Attendant · Airport Attendant · Chair Car Attendant · Club Car Attendant · Ground Transportation Monitor · Passenger Representative · Passenger Service Agent · Passenger Service Representative · Sleeping Car Service Attendant · Station Attendant · Tavern Car Attendant · Train Attendant