Physical Plant looking to hire students
By Lance Morales, News Writing Student
The Physical Plant is looking for students to fill assistant spots.
“We always have positions available, and we make sure we put the students classes and education first” said Larry Barnes, Physical Plant project manager.
Steve Duncan, materials control supervisor said several areas around campus need student workers.
“We are constantly looking for students to hire”
Students seeking on-campus jobs that start at $8 per hour need to visit the OCCC employment page at www.occc.edu.
Karen Schmidt, Human Resources Specialist, said students wanting to work on campus must be enrolled in 6 credit hours to be eligible
Schmidt advised students looking for jobs to check the website regularly and apply for as many positions as possible.
Individual departments will contact students for interviews once they have reviewed the applications, Schmidt said.
Students are not allowed to work more than thirty hours a week, she said.
Duncan said student jobs give students a chance for a full-time job at OCCC.
“Many times we hire the students later on as full-time employees,” he said.
Tristan Smith Material Central Assistant, and business sophomore, said working at OCCC “gives me the chance to work flexible hours around my classes.”
Smith is one of three students this summer in charge of picking up mail throughout OCCC and making sure all packages that are sent to the campus are dropped off.
Smith said he found the job when he was looking at the OCCC job website.
“I am really lucky that I came across this job,” Smith said.
“It’s really convenient for me. I have been doing this for about 11 months now. I have my own system set up that saves me a lot of time” Smith said. “I generally drop off around 180 to 200 packages every day I work.
“Whenever I have a test coming up, I am always able to take time off to study if I need to.”
Smith said he also enjoys the interaction with the OCCC faculty.
“We are always scanning the packages and collecting signatures from people,” Smith said, after discussing the weather with the human resources receptionist.
