Security Attendant

Orange County Public Schools•Orlando, FL

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About The Position

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.

Requirements

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.
Requires the ability to review, classify, categorize, prioritize, and/or analyze data and/or information.
Requires the ability to provide guidance, assistance, and/or interpretation to others on how to apply procedures and standards to specific situations.
Requires the ability to operate standard radio communication equipment when applicable to assigned district location.
Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, and advisory data and information.
Requires the ability to perform addition and subtraction.
Requires ability to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form.
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.
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.
Most tasks require visual perception and discrimination.
Some tasks require oral communications ability.

Responsibilities

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.
Performs related duties as directed.