Salary: $13.51 HourlyLocation : Sebastian, FloridaJob Type: SeasonalJob Number: 2425.17Department: PoliceDivision: Crossing GuardsOpening Date: 11/13/2024General Description of Duties Under the direction of the Community Policing Officer or designee, this position is responsible for performing routine traffic control functions in support of activities of the Police Department.Please download, fill out, sign and submit all required documentation with your application: Essential Job Functions
- Reports at the beginning and ending of each school day to an assigned intersection; stands in the intersection and holds any traffic at bay while students cross the street.
- Corrects all potential safety concerns or, if necessary, reports to immediate supervisor.
- Reports any accidents or unusual situations to a supervisor.
- Performs other related job duties as assigned.
Qualifications Education and Experience Guidelines Education and Experience:High school diploma or equivalent; and one (1) year of relevant experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Special Qualifications:
- Possession of a valid, State of Florida driver's license to operate a motor vehicle. Requirement exists at the time of hire and as a condition of continued employment.
Supplemental Information & ADA Items Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to give communicate verbally and give directions to individuals and groups of people.
- Ability to make decisions on procedural policies and issues.
- Ability to work various hours during morning and afternoon hours.
- Ability to physically perform the duties and to work in a variety of environmental conditions such as temperature chances and rain.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the public, co-workers, city personnel, and other public or outside agencies.
- Ability to accomplish multiple tasks in an efficient manner.
- Ability to complete assignments accurately and on a timely basis.
- Ability to think and act quickly, calmly, and accurately in emergency situations in accordance with departmental rules and regulations.
- Ability to understand and follow both oral and written instructions.
- Ability to work independently with multiple assignments.
Desired Traits: Be a knowledgeable worker; customer focused; one who values and respects others; drives to excel; believes in teamwork and collaboration; believes in continuous learning; demonstrates ethical behavior; and is supportive of change.Performance Aptitudes:Human Interaction: Requires the ability to meet and deal effectively with the staff members, citizens and other contact persons using tact and good judgment. Includes receiving instructions, assignments, or directions from superiors. Model and maintain high ethical standards. Requires the ability to function effectively.Physical Ability: Must be physically able to move in and out of the street easily and block traffic. Tasks involve regular and sustained performance of moderately physically demanding work, typically involving some combination of balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling, and that generally involves lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling of moderately heavy objects and materials (5-20 pounds).Language and Communications Ability: Requires the ability to keep the supervisor informed of potential problems or unusual events. Requires the ability to respond to inquiries and concerns in a timely manner. Requires the ability to speak to people with poise, voice control and confidence. Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Requires the ability to talk and hear: (Talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words. Hearing: perceiving nature of sounds by ear.) Sensory Requirements: Tasks require the ability to identify and discriminate colors or shades of colors. Tasks require the ability to identify and discriminate depths. Tasks require oral communications ability.Environmental Factors: Tasks may risk exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, temperature, vibrations, electric currents, and/or disease.Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply rational systems to solve practical problems; to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule form. Demonstrate initiative in identifying potential problems or opportunities for improvement. Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to follow oral and written instructions. Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently using the English language. Noise Level: Exposure to noise.ADA COMPLIANCEThe work is medium work which requires exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:
- Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
- Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. The amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.
- Crawling: Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.
- Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
- Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
- Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
- Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
- Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
- Manual Dexterity: Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
- Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
- Standing or Sitting: Particularly for sustained periods of time.
- Visual Acuity: Including color, depth perception, and field vision.
WORK ENVIRONMENTTasks include exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dust, odors, wetness, vibration, fumes, machinery, electric currents, toxic/poisonous agents, violence, and/or disease.The City of Sebastian is an Equal Opportunity Employer; to comply with the American with Disabilities Act, the City of Sebastian will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer. This position is not eligible for benefits.