(Part Time) Toll Attendant

Pay rate: $16.17 per hour (up to 1,500 hours per year). Eligible part-time employees will receive up to a $5.75 per hour retention bonus for all hours worked from Memorial Day through Labor Day.

Schedule

• 7-day per week operation; staff must be available to work as scheduled
• Weather-dependent; may result in cancelled or shortened work schedules
• Required to work assigned special events, weekends, evenings, and holidays
• Must adjust schedule to meet organizational needs

Responsibilities

• Verifies permits and change fund in the morning and balances permit sales and cash receipts at the end of shift
• Collects permit fees from vehicles entering the park
• Attaches permits to windshields of all vehicles
• Keeps sufficient supply of permits, change, park maps, and brochures; requests partial pick-up as needed
• Knowledgeable about park rules, regulations, policies, and facilities; disseminates information to park visitors
• Familiar with current and future special events in the park and other parks
• Assists park operations as time allows
• Maintains a clean and well-organized toll booth

Requirements

• Ability to get along with co-workers, supervisors, and park visitors
• Ability to distinguish letters and symbols
• Ability to accurately make change when selling permits
• Ability to work varied hours depending on park demands
• Ability to perform essential duties
• Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions

Tools & Equipment Used

• Personal computer (database, scheduling, publishing, spreadsheet, and word processing software)
• Calculator, cash register, copy & fax machines
• Phone, radios, automobile

Physical Demands

• Frequently required to walk, sit, talk, and hear
• Occasionally required to use hands to handle, feel, or operate objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms
• Occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, or crouch
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required: vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus

Work Environment

• Frequently works in outside weather conditions
• May be exposed to heat, wet and/or humid conditions, chemicals, animals, foliage, and vegetation
• Noise level is usually quiet in the office and may be moderately loud in the field