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Make a difference in the community you live in! As a Community Builder—an employee with the City of Gainesville— you will have a direct hand in building and improving your community and making a visible impact on the lives of your neighbors. Working for local government is more than a job, it’s a chance to contribute to community success and to help enhance the Gainesville way of life.
Job Description:
**Please list all experience working with children- including volunteer work**
NATURE OF WORK
This is work using safe gaps and, when necessary, creating safe gaps in vehicular traffic flow to help students cross streets safely.
CLASSIFICATION STANDARDS
This is part-time (less than 40 hours/week) seasonal work (while schools are in session). Positions allocated to this classification report to a designated supervisor and work under limited supervision. Work in this class is distinguished from higher classes by its lack of supervisory duties and from lower classes by its emphasis on School Crossing Guard tasks.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
Places school sentinel signs in roadway at designated points near school crossing and removes them before going off duty.
Controls vehicular traffic at designated crossing to allow children to cross safely.
Controls children using crossing to assure that they conform to traffic regulations.
Reports to immediate supervisor those children who fail to cooperate.
Attends work on continuous and regular basis.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Graduation from high school or possession of an acceptable equivalency diploma preferred, some experience with children and or road safety, or an equivalent combination of training and experience which provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities.
LICENSES/CERTIFICATES
Successful completion of the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission’s (CJSTC) approved 8-hour Traffic Control Procedures program within one year of appointment.
Successful completion of the Federal Department of Transportation’s (FDOT) 8-hour School Crossing Guard certification within one year of appointment.