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Form of workPosition Title: Exhibit Lead (Home Arts)
Rate of Pay: $17.50 per hour
Position Purpose:
The OC Fair & Event Center is seeking enthusiastic and highly organized candidates who will assist the OC Fair program areas (i.e. Visual Arts, Home Arts, Culinary, Garden & Floral, Livestock, Explorium, OC Connection Program, Décor & Design and Imaginology). The Exhibits Lead will guide the work of other Exhibit Attendants for installation and tear-down of exhibits, perform their daily duties during the annual OC Fair, complete office and administrative support, answer questions from the public and safeguard building entrances/exits and exhibits. The applicant must enjoy working within a flexible team oriented work place. Tenacity and follow through skills are a must. This is a seasonal/temporary position, not to exceed 122 days.
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Essential Functions:
Pre and throughout Fair
- Provide guidance to other Exhibit Attendants in the execution of their job duties.
- Help install competitive exhibits for upcoming Fair.
- Support the entry delivery process of entries.
- Assist with correspondence for judges, staff, exhibitors and demonstrators.
- Aid demonstrators with set-up and as needed.
- May dispatch building service calls using hand-held radio.
- Help during all phases of the judging process.
- Maintain records and files, coordinates schedules.
- Provide basic clerical assistance as needed.
- Handle telephone calls and customer service as needed.
- Assist Program Coordinator in organizing awards, presentations and ceremonies.
- During events, safeguard exhibits and watch building entrances and exits.
- Provide information about the exhibit to the public and answer questions about the exhibit, the event and the property.
- May clean a variety of exhibit structures and props, prepares them for use, installs them where instructed.
- May operate an electric cart.
Post Fair
- Assist in the pick-up process of entries to the public at the end of the event.
- Dismantle competitive exhibits and returns entries to the public at the end of the event.
- Disassemble exhibit structures and props and stores them after event.
- Organize and inventory exhibit structures, props and competition materials.
This document in no way states or implies these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position.
Qualifications:
- Must be at least 18 years old.
- Must be able to work pre-fair (end of May) and post-fair (late August) with flexible work hours/days.
- Must be available to work evenings during the 23 days of the annual OC Fair.
- Wednesday & Thursday: 3:30pm - 10:00pm
- Friday through Sunday: 4:00pm - 11:00pm
- Previous experience working with the public required.
- Must possess excellent customer service skills.
- Must be enthusiastic and able to handle occasional stressful situations effectively.
- Strong organizational skills a must.
- Must be able to guide others in a team environment.
- Must be available to work all 23 days of the annual OC Fair.
- Ability to work outside the normal business day/week as demanded by events and programs.
- Ability to safely lift objects up to 25 lbs. is necessary.
Preferences:
- Valid CA driver’s license.
- Computer software skills preferred.
- Previous experience with Competitions preferred.
- Familiarity with the layout and Facilities of the OCFEC highly preferred.
- Previous experience (or coursework) in a related field preferred.
- Safely use heavy equipment such as a scissor-lift, fork-lift and power tools.
- Experience leading or guiding the work of others strongly desired.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk, and must frequently use hands and fingers to operate, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
Must be able to sit and stand for extended periods of time.
Work Environment:
Will work in a fast-paced, indoor and outdoor environment. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderately loud; however quieter noise levels may be experienced when working indoors.
The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.
The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.
