Glossary
Vending Machine Technician Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential vending machine technician terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key vending machine technician vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in vending machine technician training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Bill validator
- Accepts paper money.
- Card reader
- Accepts cards.
- Cash audit
- Counting collections.
- Coin mech
- Coin mechanism.
- Compressor
- Cooling pump.
- Delivery sensor
- Detects vended items.
- DEX
- Vending data exchange.
- Firmware
- Machine software.
- Jam
- Stuck product.
- Micro market
- Self-checkout snack kiosk.
- Planogram
- Product layout.
- Route
- Planned stops.
- Service call
- Repair visit.
- Spiral
- Snack dispenser coil.
- Telemetry
- Remote machine monitoring.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Vending Machine Technician practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Vending Machine Technician training.
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