Glossary
Gas Station Attendant Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential gas station attendant terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key gas station attendant vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in gas station attendant training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Coolant
- Engine cooling fluid.
- Diesel
- Fuel for diesel engines.
- Dipstick
- Checks oil level.
- Drawer count
- Cash count.
- Emergency shutoff
- Stops fuel flow.
- Fuel dock
- Marina fueling area.
- Full-serve
- Attendant pumps fuel.
- Octane
- Fuel rating.
- Oil change
- Replacing engine oil.
- PSI
- Tire pressure unit.
- Spill kit
- Cleanup supplies.
- Static discharge
- Spark hazard.
- Top off
- Fill completely.
- Vapor recovery
- Captures fumes.
- Wiper fluid
- Windshield fluid.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Gas Station Attendant practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Gas Station Attendant training.
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