Crossing Guards and Flaggers

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Job Description

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Key Tasks

• Direct or escort pedestrians across streets, stopping traffic, as necessary.
• Guide or control vehicular or pedestrian traffic at such places as street and railroad crossings and construction sites.
• Monitor traffic flow to locate safe gaps through which pedestrians can cross streets.
• Communicate traffic and crossing rules and other information to students and adults.
• Direct traffic movement or warn of hazards, using signs, flags, lanterns, and hand signals.
• Report unsafe behavior of children to school officials.
• Record license numbers of vehicles disregarding traffic signals, and report infractions to appropriate authorities.
• Distribute traffic control signs and markers at designated points.
• Stop speeding vehicles to warn drivers of traffic laws.
• Learn the location and purpose of street traffic signs within assigned patrol areas.
• Discuss traffic routing plans and control-point locations with superiors.
• Inform drivers of detour routes through construction sites.

O*NET Information

• SOC Code: 33-9091.00
• Title: Crossing Guards and Flaggers

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Career Resources

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