Carnival Worker

Job description

Perform a variety of attending duties at amusement or recreation facility. Sell and collect tickets/fees, assist patrons; erect, take down, operate/attend amusement booths and maintain equipment; make change; sell and serve food. Maintain inventories of equipment, storing/retrieving items and assembling/disassembling equipment as necessary. Monitor and order supplies, restock as necessary to maintain inventory. Prepare food - make batter, prick and fry corn dogs; wrap bacon hotdogs and grill; wash and slice onions and bell peppers; French/curly fries, twinkies, snickers and cheesecake, cotton candy, popcorn, funnel cakes, prepare turkey legs for the smoker; prepare lemons for lemonade. Perform cleaning duties to keep equipment and booths sanitary. Monitor activities to ensure adherence to rules and safety procedures. Set up - stock/clean and ready for service, tear down - pack up stock and close down booth, heavy lifting and physically mobile, operate concession booths.

40 hrs./wk. Hours, schedule and days vary – Sample shift time: 10am-7pm, 1-hour unpaid break; extra hours may be required or available, may include weekends and holidays. Work needs (i.e., hours, days, schedule, location, and work positions) vary. Work needs subject to industry practice and are not guaranteed per day, per week, per schedule, per location, or per worker, e.g., rainouts, brief periods without scheduled events, event dates and hours set by agreement with sponsor and subject to change (based upon adverse weather, hours of operation, day of the week, attendance, size of the event, school schedules, amount of equipment in operation, staffing, etc.), and unforeseen cancellations. In the event of approved, overlapping events, work needs may cause workers to be adjusted.

Pay varies based on location of each worksite, $15.73 - $20.92/hour. In California overtime premium will be paid when required by Federal, State, or local law, including at time-and-a-half after eight hours in a day and for the first eight hours on the seventh consecutive day of work in a workweek; at double-time after 12 hours in a day and for all hours worked in excess of eight on the seventh consecutive day of work in a workweek; and at time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek. In New Mexico An overtime premium will be paid when required by Federal, State, or local law, including at time-and-a-half after 40 hours per workweek. In Arizona no overtime premium will be paid as it is not required under Federal, State, or local law. Generally, when overtime is available it will be paid at a rate of $23.60 - $41.84/hour per hour, depending on locality of the work performed and the base rate of pay.

Employer reserves the option to provide additional compensation for performance and tenure or may increase wages based on changes in market conditions. Pay received weekly, single workweek used for computing wages.

Daily Travel required and provided to work in Orange, San Bernardino, Alameda, Los Angeles, Monterey, San Mateo, Sonoma, Sacramento, San Luis Obispo, Kern, Fresno Counties, CA; Maricopa, and Pima Counties, AZ; and Bernalillo County, New Mexico. Daily Travel provided to all events as per itinerary. Must commute from home at prior worksite to next worksite. Optional transportation to worksites provided at no cost to the worker. Work is performed outside in all weather.

Employer will provide workers at no charge all tools, supplies, equipment and uniform required to perform job.

Special Requirements

The job requires that the applicant be qualified, ready, willing, able, and available to perform during the entire employment at the designated worksites under adverse weather; to enter into and comply with employment contracts; to follow workplace rules; and to meet job performance standards. Must comply with grooming requirements and dress code. Subject to discharge for cause. Must be willing to work up to 7 days/wk. Applicants must cooperate with and complete job application and interview truthfully.