SECURITY ATTENDANT

Compensation

Salary Schedule

Overview

Under general supervision, the purpose of the position is to provide for the security and environmental safekeeping of an assigned location of the school district. Such locations include, but are not necessarily limited to, parking garages, parking lots, and school campuses. Employees in this classification are responsible for ensuring all persons entering and/or exiting assigned location are authorized on the premises. Position addresses security violations in accordance with prescribed district policies and procedures, and is responsible for reporting illegal activities to appropriate administration or enforcement entities. Essential functions as outlined herein are performed according to assigned district location. Performs related work as directed.

Responsibilities and Qualifications

EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS Responds to internal and external customers in a timely, accurate, courteous and empathetic manner representing OCPS in a positive light.

Unlocks assigned location and maintains security and environmental safekeeping of the assigned district location, i.e., school campuses, gateways, parking garages, parking lots.

Ensures students out of class have proper authorization; ensures students leaving campus are permitted to do so; reports unauthorized student departures.

Provides security for entrances and gateways by checking visitor and parent identification and authorization information; provides direction and information as requested.

Patrols parking areas for the purpose of securing garages and lots, and to ensure all vehicles comply with parking/permitting policies and regulations.

Monitors assigned location for such environmental hazards or injurious activities, i.e., vandalism, theft, use and/or sale of illegal or controlled substances.

Maintains personal physical safety, and monitors interactions between students, staff, or other persons for proper physical behaviors.

Operates radio communication equipment in reporting and receiving information relating to duties under charge.

Secures and transports truant students or non-compliant trespassers to proper school administrators; reports to and requests assistance from enforcement personnel for those persons refusing compliance.

Assists students, staff, or other persons with vehicle problems, such as having locked keys inside their cars.

Assists in guiding school buses proper drop-off and pick-up formation; sets traffic control devices such as cones and signs as required; maintains logs of bus arrival times.

Records various information in security and monitoring activities, i.e., recording names and arrival times, recording vehicle descriptions, preparing tardy slips, maintaining tardy lists.

Responsible for keeping up to date on current technology, as job appropriate, being used by OCPS. With the support of the district, attends training to ensure skill level in various technologies is at the level required to perform in current position.

Responsible for timely and accurate information they maintain as part of their job responsibilities.

The list of essential functions, as outlined herein, is intended to be representative of the tasks performed within this classification. It is not necessarily descriptive of any one position in the class. The omission of an essential function does not preclude management from assigning duties not listed herein if such functions are a logical assignment to the position.

MARGINAL FUNCTIONS While the following tasks are necessary for the work of the unit, they are not an essential part of the purpose of this position and may also be performed by other unit members.

Performs related duties as directed.

MINIMUM TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE High school diploma or GED; supplemented by up to six (6) months previous security, military or enforcement vocational training or experience, with demonstrated interpersonal communication skills for addressing potential conflicts; or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience. Requires satisfaction of district background verification.

PERFORMANCE APTITUDES Data Utilization : Requires the ability to review, classify, categorize, prioritize, and/or analyze data and/or information. Includes exercising discretion in determining data classification, and in referencing such analysis to established standards for the purpose of recognizing actual or probable interactive effects and relationships.

Human Interaction : Requires the ability to provide guidance, assistance, and/or interpretation to others on how to apply procedures and standards to specific situations.

Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization : Requires the ability to operate standard radio communication equipment when applicable to assigned district location.

Verbal Aptitude : Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, and advisory data and information.

Mathematical Aptitude : Requires the ability to perform addition and subtraction.

Functional Reasoning : Requires ability to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form. Involves semi-routine standardized work with some latitude for independent judgment concerning choices of action.

Situational Reasoning : Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in situations involving the evaluation of information against sensory, judgmental, or subjective criteria, as opposed to that which is clearly measurable or verifiable.

ADA COMPLIANCE Physical Ability : Tasks involve the ability to exert light physical effort in sedentary to light work, but which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of light weight (5-10 pounds). Tasks may involve extended periods walking or at an assigned work station.

Sensory Requirements : Most tasks require visual perception and discrimination. Some tasks require oral communications ability.

Environmental Factors : Tasks are regularly performed with some risk of exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dust, humidity, rain, temperature extremes, traffic hazards, and violence.

The Orange County School District will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to allow them to perform the essential functions of the job when such individuals request an accommodation.