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The Complete Guide to Becoming A Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicer and Repairer
The honest, no-fluff guide to the pay, daily grind, and real career path of a coin, vending, and amusement machine servicer and repairer — so you can decide if it's the right blue-collar tech trade for you.
by Alumigogo Books
Chapter 1: What Does a Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicer and Repairer Actually Do?
Imagine you're walking through a gas station at 8:30 on a Tuesday morning. Next to the ice machine, you stop to buy a soda from the vending machine. You slide your dollar in, press the button for a Coke, and hear the plastic spiral slowly rotate. The bottle tips forward, falls into the tray, and lands with a clunk. You grab it and move on. You don't think about the person who made that work — but that person is the subject of this book.
A Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicer and Repairer is the person who keeps that machine feeding people soda, keeps the claw machine at your local pizzeria taking quarters, and keeps the video poker terminals in bars from freezing up. The official title is a mouthful, but the job breaks down into three main buckets: repair (fixing things when they break), maintenance (preventing things from breaking), and collections (taking the money out and making sure it gets counted).
The Core Of The Job: Repair
The heart of this job is troubleshooting. You will be the doctor for a fleet of machines that are scattered across a city or county. When a snack vendor at a gym stops dispensing, or a pool table at a bar isn't racking the balls, or a coin sorter on a laundry machine just eats quarters, you get the call. You drive out to the location,