A professional who reads electric, gas, water, or steam consumption meters and records volume used by residential and commercial consumers. Responsibilities include:

• Walks or drives truck over established route and takes readings of meter dials.
• Inspects meters and connections for defects, damage, and unauthorized connections.
• Indicates irregularities on forms for necessary action by servicing department.
• Verifies readings to locate abnormal consumption and records reasons for fluctuations.
• Turns service off for nonpayment of charges in vacant premises, or on for new occupants.
• Collects bills in arrears.
• Returns route book to business office for billing purposes.
• May be designated according to type of meter read as Electric-Meter Reader; Gas-Meter Reader; Steam-Meter Reader; Water-Meter Reader.