School Crossing Guard; Ames Elementary

Position: School Crossing Guard (Ames Elementary)
Per Diem: %2426.73

Position Grade: 5GDepartment:
Streets Job Type: Per Performance (Part-time)
Examination Number: EX1381

Location:

This This is work assisting and safeguarding school children in the crossing of City streets during the morning and evening periods of a school day as designated by the school and principal.
● Supervises and controls pedestrian and vehicular traffic at school crossings.
● Turns school stop signs in appropriate directions to control traffic at specific times.
● Stops vehicular traffic with portable stop signs and directs or leads children across the street.
● Supervises safety patrol children when available.
● Writes down automobile license numbers and the description of the automobile and motorist when motorist fails to obey traffic signals or signs in the vicinity of the school crossing; reports information to proper authorities.
● Attends training courses on school crossing safety programs. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
● Data Utilization:
Requires good knowledge of City traffic ordinances; pedestrian safety rules and traffic conditions.
● Human Interaction:
Requires the ability to follow specific instructions and respond to simple requests from others.
● Equipment, Machinery, Tools and Materials Use:
Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or provide simple but continuous adjustment on equipment and/or materials used in performing essential functions.
● Verbal Aptitude:
Requires considerable skill in dealing firmly but tactfully with children and motorists.
● Mathematical Aptitude:
None. Functional Reasoning:
Requires the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out basic instructions. Involves routine work with minimal latitude for exercising independent judgment.
● Situational Reasoning:
Requires the ability to exercise the judgment required in situations characterized by repetitive or short cycle operations covered by set procedures or sequences.
● Environmental Factors:
Tasks may risk exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as temperature extremes, noise.
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Physical Requirements:

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Sensory Requirements:
Requires the ability to recognize and identify individual characteristics of shapes to clearly identify objects and sounds to communicate with others. Per Diem: %2426.73

Position Grade: 5GDepartment:
Streets Job Type: Per Performance (Part-time)
Examination Number: EX1381

Location:

This This is work assisting and safeguarding school children in the crossing of City streets during the morning and evening periods of a school day as designated by the school and principal.
● Supervises and controls pedestrian and vehicular traffic at school crossings.
● Turns school stop signs in appropriate directions to control traffic at specific times.
● Stops vehicular traffic with portable stop signs and directs or leads children across the street.
● Supervises safety patrol children when available.
● Writes down automobile license numbers and the description of the automobile and motorist when motorist fails to obey traffic signals or signs in the vicinity of the school crossing; reports information to proper authorities.
● Attends training courses on school crossing safety programs. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
● Data Utilization:
Requires good knowledge of City traffic ordinances; pedestrian safety rules and traffic conditions.
● Human Interaction:
Requires the ability to follow specific instructions and respond to simple requests from others.
● Equipment, Machinery, Tools and Materials Use:
Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or provide simple but continuous adjustment on equipment and/or materials used in performing essential functions.
● Verbal Aptitude:
Requires considerable skill in dealing firmly but tactfully with children and motorists.
● Mathematical Aptitude:
None. Functional Reasoning:
Requires the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out basic instructions. Involves routine work with minimal latitude for exercising independent judgment.
● Situational Reasoning:
Requires the ability to exercise the judgment required in situations…