Racing Official
Location: Charles Town, West Virginia
Description: Hollywood Casino at CharlesTown is hiring Racing Official right now, this career will be placed in West Virginia. Further informations about this career opportunity kindly see the descriptions. Penn National Gaming has thrilled and entertained guests since 1971 when it all began as a horse racing venue. From a single race track, we have grown to be one of the nation’s largest gaming compani! es, operating properties that offer broad and diverse gaming and pari-mutuel wagering experiences. PENN is dedicated to becoming the undisputed leader in guest service by offering a Red Carpet experience for each and every guest.
Your daily responsibilities include:
Must assist with all morning work in Racing Secretary’s office. This work includes; rider changes, producing the next day’s program, getting entries filled, and getting the overnight completed and distributed for the following race day.
Must act, at times as Placing Judge. These duties include observing races from start to finish and determine the final outcome using a viper computer system and photo finish systems as tools.
Must act, at times as Paddock Judge. These duties include observing the horses in the paddock prior to the running of a race, to ensure the horses are wearing the proper equipment for racing; also ensures a responsible trainer or groom is in the paddock to sad! dle the horse and prepare it for the race. The Paddock Judge i! s also involved in seeing that a published workout is in the program or announced if not available by press time.
Must at, at times as Identifier. These duties include being responsible for foal papers, Coggins test results, and tattoos insuring the correct horse is running in any given race. The Identifier goes to the paddock at race time and checks each horse’s tattoo.
Must act, at times as Claim Clerk. These duties include verifying the person making the claim is in good standing with the License Clerk and Bookkeeping offices. Once the claim is verified the Claims Clerk ensures the appropriate person receives the claim slip. In the event there are more than one claim, the Claims Clerk makes sure each parties has a fair chance at the claim.
Must have thorough knowledge and understand of the West Virginia rules of Racing.
Must have outstanding customer services skills.
To be successful in this position it will require the following skill set:
No supervisory responsibilities
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Must have held a Thoroughbred Racing License for a minimum of three years. Must know how to read a Condition Book. Must be capable of working with Windows based computer systems.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees if the organization.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.!
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructi! ons furnished in written, oral, or diagram from. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Must qualify for licensing with the West Virginia Racing Commission.
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 regularly required to; stand, walk, use hand to finger, handle, or feel, and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision,! color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
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.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to outside weather conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts. This noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
Something to leave you with:
Something to leave you with:
If you're truly committed to a red-carpet service culture, then you need a team that is just as dedicated in pursuing that vision. Penn National Gaming is the place where we empower our cast members to deliver that WOW factor to our guests and in turn we will provide them an opportunity to build an "A" list ! career portfolio. You will soon understand why "It's Good To Be PENN!" - .
If you were eligible to this career, please send us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to Hollywood Casino at CharlesTown.
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This career starts available on: Sun, 06 Oct 2013 06:16:13 GMT