What are the responsibilities and job description for the School Crossing Guard position at CITY OF BEDFORD?
The purpose of the School Crossing Guard is to provide assistance to children crossing streets, walking to and from school. Duties include holding a sign to control traffic and escorting school-aged children safely across various streets and intersections. Duties will require working outdoors under a variety of weather conditions.
Schedule and assignment locations may vary and will work split shifts. The duty hours are one and one half hours (1 hour 30 minutes) for each shift, morning and afternoon. Employees would only be working a maximum of 3 hours daily. If hired as a substitute school crossing guard, this position works on an on-call basis.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Employs proper signals and all issued equipment designed to assist in control of traffic during peak school traffic hours at designated school zone areas.
2. Assists school-age children in crossing the street at designated intersections in a safe and orderly manner.
3. Must be able to hold stop sign above head until children are across the intersection.
4. Places traffic cones in the street before school begins and removes at end of school as needed.
5. Promptly notifies the Police Department of pedestrian accidents and real or potential safety hazards that interfere with or impede the safety and/or efficiency of the crossing
6. While performing the duties of this position, the school crossing guard is regularly required to stand, walk quickly, hear, speak clearly, occasionally speak/hear over the sound of traffic and work in inclement weather.
7. Regular and timely attendance is required
8. Maintains a positive, friendly, and effective working relationship with the general public and co-workers.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
This job has no supervisory responsibilities.
QUALIFICATIONS - To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
High School diploma / GED preferred but not required.
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Have the ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Have the ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Have the ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
REASONING ABILITY
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
Must be a minimum of eighteen (18) years of age or older.
SPECIALIZED KSA'S
Available to work Monday – Friday 7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Must have a valid Texas Class C Driver’s License or Identification Card and valid automobile insurance. Must have access to reliable transportation.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand. The employee is required to walk; use hands and fingers to handle, or feel; reach with arms to hold up school crossing sign. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions. The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
