Airport Wheelchair Assistant
Summary
Assists airline passengers with wheelchair or baggage service, wayfinding, and terminal support.
Highlights
- Schedule
- Weekly shifts during air carrier ops
- Experience
- Customer Service background
- Education
- High school diploma or GED
- License Required
- Valid Ohio driver license
- Physical Requirements
- Lift up to 70 lbs
- Background Check
- Fingerprint criminal history check
- Type
- Full-Time
Job description
Position Purpose
Is responsible for assisting airline customers that need wheelchair or baggage assistance getting from curbside to aircraft and vice versa . This position will assist other agents as needed to ensure safe operations for passengers and customers.
Essential functions and basic duties
- Assist passengers needing wheelchair service getting to their flight, or off arriving aircraft
- Guide customers through ticketing and wayfinding in the airport terminal
- Checks facility cleanliness before and after operations
- Maintains security awareness and hazardous materials awareness appropriate to the airport aircraft environment.
- Other assignments and/or duties as directed.
Work in an indoor and outdoor environment; ability to work in adverse weather conditions. The worker is subject to fumes, odors, dusts, hot and cold climates, precipitation.
Shift – Scheduled for shifts on a weekly basis during scheduled air carrier operations.
Flooring – carpet and concrete surfaces.
Lighting – variable, natural and artificial light.
Temperature – variable environmental conditions based on the daily weather forecast. May be exposed to seasonal temperatures and precipitation, dust etc.
Noise – subject to aircraft engine and equipment noise
Safety equipment – gloves, and/or other personal protective equipment depending on job assignment, etc.
QUALIFICATIONS
| Education/Certification | High school diploma or GED. Must possess and maintain a valid Ohio driver license, in good standing. |
| Experience | Customer Service background |
| Skills/Abilities | Ability to read and understand training manuals. Ability to work well independently. Ability to cooperate and communicate well with others. Ability to maintain a positive attitude. Required to have regular and predictable attendance. Ability to work as part of a team, take direction and learn quickly in a fast-paced environment. Basic computer skills. |
| Climbing | Up to three flights including ladders, stairs, ramps, etc. |
| Stooping | Bending downward and forward at the waist. Requires full use of lower extremities and back muscles. |
| Kneeling | Resting on knee or knees. |
| Crouching | Bending downward and forward at the leg and spine. |
| Reaching | Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction. |
| Standing | For extended times. |
| Walking | Especially for long distances. |
| Pushing | Using upper body to press against something with steady force. |
| Pulling | Using upper body to draw, drag, haul, or tug objects. |
| Lifting | Use of upper body and back muscles to lift objects. |
| Grasping | Using fingers and palm on an object for gripping, lifting and pushing. |
| Average hearing | Ability to hear average or normal conversations and receive ordinary information. |
| Fine, acute visual abilities | Fine visual acuity, color vision; or depth perception and/or field of vision. |
| Physical strength | Must be physically able to perform the essential functions and basic duties of assigned job. Ability to lift up to 70 lbs. |
All candidates must be able to pass a fingerprint criminal history check in order to receive airport badge.