Crossing Guard (Part Time)

Crossing Guard

The City of Westminster is recruiting for a part-time Crossing Guard to join our team!

Crossing Guards direct children going to and from school in crossing streets at assigned street corners during designated hours; maintain discipline among school children when they are approaching a street intersection or crossing the street; determine the safest possible time to cross street; and stops and starts traffic to permit the crossing of school children at a street intersection.

This is a part-time position with a morning and afternoon shift, with hours between 7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., and 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Examples Of Duties

• Controls traffic at designated intersections either by mechanical or hand signal in order to permit students and other pedestrians to cross the street in safety.
• Controls students at intersections and restrains them from crossing until it is determined to be safe; when appropriate, escorts students through intersections.
• Reports the license number of motor vehicles whose drivers disobey the crossing guard's instructions or disregard safety rules in other respects; reports to school principal, or other designated authority, the names of students disobeying the instructions given by crossing guard.
• Calls supervisor or appropriate emergency response staff in the event of emergency situations and ensures that students are in a safe condition until emergency response staff arrives.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Typical Qualifications

Knowledge of:

• Traffic laws relating to pedestrian right-of-way and speed limits in various school locations, especially in a school-crossing area; and elements of traffic safety applying to motorists and pedestrians.
• Basic techniques for effectively dealing with school children.
• Basic techniques for effectively dealing with unusual or emergency situations.
• English usage, grammar, spelling, vocabulary, and punctuation.
• Techniques for providing customer service by effectively dealing with the public and City staff.

Ability to:

• Establish and maintain respect and compliance of students.
• Communicate in English, Vietnamese, or Spanish.
• Work under inclement weather conditions.
• Establish, foster and maintain positive and effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

Education and Experience: Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be: Formal or informal education or training which ensures the ability to read and write at a level necessary for successful job performance. Equivalent to a High School Diploma or GED is desirable.

Supplemental Information

Must possess mobility to work in the field; strength, stamina, and mobility to perform light physical work; hearing and speech to communicate in person. The job involves frequent walking and standing in operational areas. Employees must possess the ability to carry objects up to 5 pounds. Employees work in the field and are exposed to loud noise levels, cold and hot temperatures, inclement weather conditions, and road hazards. Employees may interact with upset staff and/or public and private representatives in interpreting and enforcing departmental policies and procedures. This recruitment is open on a continuous basis and can close without prior notice, interested candidates are encouraged to apply immediately.

Part-Time Employees participate in the Public Agency Retirement Services (PARS) in lieu of Social Security. Employees contribute 6.0% of their salary toward the plan and the City contributes 1.5% of salary as well. Part-Time Employees are entitled to Paid Sick Leave in accordance with the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement "Healthy Workplaces/Healthy Families Act of 2014 Paid Sick Leave".

Crossing Guard

The City of Westminster is recruiting for a part-time Crossing Guard to join our team!

Crossing Guards direct children going to and from school in crossing streets at assigned street corners during designated hours; maintain discipline among school children when they are approaching a street intersection or crossing the street; determine the safest possible time to cross street; and stops and starts traffic to permit the crossing of school children at a street intersection.

This is a part-time position with a morning and afternoon shift, with hours between 7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., and 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Examples Of Duties

• Controls traffic at designated intersections either by mechanical or hand signal in order to permit students and other pedestrians to cross the street in safety.
• Controls students at intersections and restrains them from crossing until it is determined to be safe; when appropriate, escorts students through intersections.
• Reports the license number of motor vehicles whose drivers disobey the crossing guard's instructions or disregard safety rules in other respects; reports to school principal, or other designated authority, the names of students disobeying the instructions given by crossing guard.
• Calls supervisor or appropriate emergency response staff in the event of emergency situations and ensures that students are in a safe condition until emergency response staff arrives.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Typical Qualifications

Knowledge of:

• Traffic laws relating to pedestrian right-of-way and speed limits in various school locations, especially in a school-crossing area; and elements of traffic safety applying to motorists and pedestrians.
• Basic techniques for effectively dealing with school children.
• Basic techniques for effectively dealing with unusual or emergency situations.
• English usage, grammar, spelling, vocabulary, and punctuation.
• Techniques for providing customer service by effectively dealing with the public and City staff.

Ability to:

• Establish and maintain respect and compliance of students.
• Communicate in English, Vietnamese, or Spanish.
• Work under inclement weather conditions.
• Establish, foster and maintain positive and effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

Education and Experience: Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be: Formal or informal education or training which ensures the ability to read and write at a level necessary for successful job performance. Equivalent to a High School Diploma or GED is desirable.

Supplemental Information

Must possess mobility to work in the field; strength, stamina, and mobility to perform light physical work; hearing and speech to communicate in person. The job involves frequent walking and standing in operational areas. Employees must possess the ability to carry objects up to 5 pounds. Employees work in the field and are exposed to loud noise levels, cold and hot temperatures, inclement weather conditions, and road hazards. Employees may interact with upset staff and/or public and private representatives in interpreting and enforcing departmental policies and procedures. This recruitment is open on a continuous basis and can close without prior notice, interested candidates are encouraged to apply immediately.

Part-Time Employees participate in the Public Agency Retirement Services (PARS) in lieu of Social Security. Employees contribute 6.0% of their salary toward the plan and the City contributes 1.5% of salary as well. Part-Time Employees are entitled to Paid Sick Leave in accordance with the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement "Healthy Workplaces/Healthy Families Act of 2014 Paid Sick Leave".

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