Carnival Attendants

Job description

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• Assist with the setup and removal of lightweight amusement equipment, signs, barriers, and customer queue areas using basic hand tools and following established procedures.
• Guide patrons in the safe use of amusement rides, attractions, games, and recreational facilities.
• Collect tickets, wristbands, fees, or admissions and provide information to customers.
• Assist customers with entering, exiting, and using rides, attractions, and recreational equipment.
• Operate amusement rides, games, and attractions according to established procedures.
• Organize and restock customer-facing supplies, tickets, and concession items.
• Sell and serve pre-packaged snacks, beverages, and refreshments to customers.
• Maintain cleanliness of rides, attractions, concession areas, customer seating areas, and surrounding grounds by throwing trash from work station away and wiping down dirty surfaces with a cloth and cleaning product.

Original F.a.2
May include but not limited to:
- Setting up, dismantling amusement rides, fencing and signage manually or with hand tools
- Properly connecting pieces, balancing and properly spacing equipment, working with a team or individually, operating typical mechanical carnival rides
- Fastening safety harnesses and inspecting equipment for proper functioning
- Sell tickets and collect fees from customers.
- Monitor activities to ensure adherence to rules and safety procedures, or arrange for the removal of unruly patrons.
-Tend amusement booths in carnivals, performing duties such as conducting games, photographing patrons, or awarding prizes- Record details of attendance, sales, receipts, reservations, or repair activities.
- Maintain inventories of equipment, storing and retrieving items and assembling and disassembling equipment as necessary.
- Provide information about facilities, entertainment options, and rules and regulations.
- Keep informed of shut-down and emergency evacuation procedures.
- Direct patrons to rides, seats, or attractions.
- Attending food and games concessions by selling and serving refreshments and preparing/serving mainly ready-made food items
- Cleaning/sanitizing work area and customer seating areas.
- Prepare ready-made food items, such as lemonade, churros, agua fresca, ice cream, and corn dogs following specific methods that usually require short preparation time
- Operate re-heating equipment, such as microwaves or heating pots to re-heat ready-made hot food items.
- Use fountain dispensers to serve ready-made drinks or milkshakes.

Special Requirements

- Must be willing and able to travel every 2-3 days.
- If staying in employer-provided housing, must be willing and able to tolerate sleeping in trailer bunks reduced to 50 square feet of space per person with minimal cooking facilities.
- Must be available entire contract period.
- Must be able to lift at least 50 pounds and be able to perform physical labor.
- May conduct post-hire, employer-paid drug testing.

Special Requirements and Provisions:
- Schedule varies (days of the week and shift times). Additional hours may be offered. May be
required to work weekends.
- Itinerary starts in Harris county.
- Work will be performed at various locations (see list of all counties included in itinerary for
reference).
- Periodic daily or weekly travel.
- Itinerary subject to change depending on weather and external factors.
- Hourly wage is dependent upon on location. See Appendix A for details.
- Employer will pay the highest of all prevailing wages for each worksite location throughout the
entire period of employment.
- Employer may offer a bonus depending on experience and merit.
- Employer offers a ride to the primary worksite location to workers living area within a
reasonable commute.
- Daily Transportation is provided to all worksites from primary worksite.
- Employer provides optional housing to workers who do not reside within a reasonable
commute to primary worksite location.
- Optional housing and transportation provided free of charge.