School Crossing Guard

STPSO

Job Description

Department: Criminal Patrol

Reports To: Crossing Guard Supervisor

Prepared Date: 08/31/2004

Update: 09/28/2022

Salary Range: $16.00 per hour

SUMMARY - Guards street crossings during hours when children are going to or coming from school by performing the

following duties.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Directs actions of school buses and traffic at street intersections to ensure safe crossing.

Records license numbers of vehicles disregarding traffic signals and reports infractions to the Traffic Division.

Escorts children across street.

Places caution signs at designated points before going on duty and removes signs at end of shift.

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 or general education degree (GED).

LANGUAGE SKILLS - Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability

to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to

citizens, and other employees of the organization. Must be proficient in the English Languae.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS - Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and

100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and

distance.

REASONING ABILITY - Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or

oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS - Valid Louisiana Motor Vehicle Operator's License; proof of

residency of St. Tammany Parish (voters registration card); birth certificate (minimum age of 18 years); Social Security

Card.

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 stand, reach with hands and arms, and talk

or hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision,

distance vision, color 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 noise level

in the work environment is usually loud.