Marketing Statement
Ride BART to a satisfying career that lets you both: 1) make a difference to Bay Area residents, and 2) enjoy excellent pay, benefits, and employment stability. BART is looking for people who like to be challenged, work in a fast-paced environment, and have a passion for connecting riders to work, school and other places they need to go. BART offers a competitive salary, comprehensive health benefits, paid time off, and the CalPERS retirement program.
Job Summary
Pay Rate
SEIU Cash Handler
Step 76: $30.21/hour to Step 99: $39.49/hour
External candidates will start at Step 76
Reports To
Variable
Current Assignment
This announcement will be used to establish a pool of eligible candidates for vacancies that may occur within the next twelve months.
This position is responsible for the collection and replenishment of monies and ticket inventories in electronic fare collection equipment, loading, pushing and pulling readied cash carts to and from the vault onto armored trucks and stations for use in servicing fare collection and change equipment. This position will also balance and reconcile differences in daily cash collection counts, prepare and maintain clear, accurate records of daily cash collected and use of automatic counting equipment. Considerable amounts of time are spent in elevators and other confined spaces. Some travel within the BART District is required. Experience with Microsoft Office Suite including Word and Excel highly desirable.
Selection Process
This is a SEIU Local 1021 Bargaining unit position. However, All SEIU members must follow the "Bid Form Process", failure to comply will invalidate an employee's application.
The selection process will include a screening for minimum qualifications as listed in this posting and may additionally involve a skills/performance test, written exam, and/or a panel interview. Outside applicants will not be considered until all employees who have applied have been considered first.
Application Process
This is a SEIU Local 1021 Bargaining unit position. However, all full-time SEIU District employees must follow the "Bid Form" process and deposit their bids in the bid box. Failure to comply may invalidate the employee's bid. As actual vacancies occur, District employees on the internal eligibility list will be considered before outside candidates.
External applicants may only apply on line, at www.bart.gov/jobs. Applicants needing assistance with the on line application process may receive additional information by calling (510) 464-6112.
The Employment Office will screen Bid form applications and resumes against the minimum qualifications. Those candidates who meet the minimum qualifications will be referred to the hiring department for further consideration. The selection process may involve a skills/performance test, written exam, and/or a panel interview. Outside applicants will not be considered until all employees who have applied have been considered first.
All applicants are asked to complete the application in full, indicating dates of employment, all positions held, hours worked, and a full description of duties. On line applicants are invited to electronically attach a resume to the application form to provide supplemental information, but should not consider the resume a substitute for the application form itself.
Examples of Duties
- Loads readied cash carts from the vault onto armored trucks for use in servicing fare collection and change equipment; pushes cash carts to and from armored trucks and stations.
- Collects and replenishes monies in electronic fare collection equipment; replenishes ticket inventories.
- Provides light fingertip maintenance on fare collection equipment in accordance with District guidelines and accurately records all data per required procedures.
- Reports equipment malfunction or service required to supervisor; escorts maintenance personnel to malfunctioning fare collection equipment and provides access.
- Unloads monies collected onto sorting tables for separation and counting; separates bills from coins.
- Lifts and loads coins into automatic coin filling equipment; refills currency/coin dispensers; checks empty money containers for faulty conditions; performs light fingertip maintenance on filling equipment.
- Sorts and separates bent, mutilated or foreign coins; records coin denomination count from meter display.
- Prepares and balances imprest filling record or other control-related paperwork; accounts for cash received.
- Records counting/sorting equipment meter readings on coin counting record for each money container collected.
- Prepares and balances daily records; prepares daily vault count of monies held in vault and compares total with foreworker’s count; records and verifies fare collection report.
- Verifies and processes passenger refund claims; assists with the processing and shipment of tickets.
Education
Minimum Qualifications
Possession of a high school diploma, GED or recognized equivalent.
Experience
Two (2) years of (full-time equivalent) verifiable experience working in a high volume cash processing operation or servicing/maintaining vending equipment, ATMs, or relatedtype equipment, or as a delivery servicing representative for vending concessions/distributors.
Other Requirements
Must be physically able to repeatedly lift 30 pounds to a height of 5’6” with both hands.
Must be physically able to lift 50 pounds to a height of 3’5”.
Must be physically able to push carts weighing up to 1,000 pounds.
Must be physically able to bend and stand for a majority of the work shift.
Knowledge And Skills
Knowledge of:
- Automated vending equipment mechanics.
- Safe work practices including proper lifting techniques.
- Basic business arithmetic.
- U.S. coin and currency denominations.
Skill In
- Performing servicing of computer-controlled and electro-mechanical automated vending equipment.
- Accurate arithmetic calculations.
- Maintaining attention to detail.
- Balancing and reconciling differences in daily cash collection counts.
- Preparing and maintaining clear, accurate records of daily cash collected and counted.
- Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of the work.
Equal Employment Opportunity GroupBox1
The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants shall not be discriminated against because of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age (40 and above), religion, national origin (including language use restrictions), disability (mental and physical, including HIV and AIDS), ancestry, marital status, military status, veteran status, medical condition (cancer/genetic characteristics and information), or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.
The BART Human Resources
Department will make reasonable efforts in the examination process to accommodate persons with disabilities or for religious reasons. Please advise the Human Resources
Department of any special needs in advance of the examination by emailing at least 5 days before your examination date at
[email protected] .
Qualified veterans may be eligible to obtain additional veteran's credit in the selection process for this recruitment (effective Jan. 1, 2013). To obtain the credit, veterans must attach to the application a DD214 discharge document or proof of disability and complete/submit the Veteran's Preference Application no later than the closing date of the posting. For more information about this credit please go to the Veteran's Preference Policy and Application link at www.bart.gov/jobs .