Job Descriptions

Eligible applicants for these supervisory positions should have completed their first year in college or have been out of high school for 1 year by the start date. The main goal of this position is to guide high school staff into deeper relationships with Christ through discipleship. Foremen are responsible for providing this positive role model through service and free time interaction with the high school staff. The foremost responsibility is to create and guard an atmosphere in which following Christ is the overriding focus. In addition to building relationships with the high school staff, foremen prepare crew devotions three days a week, plan activities for the high school staff, lead cabin prayer, and become growth partners with a crew member.

Foreman Qualifications

• Has a personal relationship with God in which their love for Him is clearly seen in daily life.

• Is dedicated to their personal spiritual growth and submitting to the guidance of the Spirit.

• Motivated to work with high school students out of a selfless love that desires to see them grow in Christ.

• Agrees with the philosophy and policies of The Zone program of Sky Lodge Christian Camp.

• Willing to be stretched (intellectually, emotionally, mentally & spiritually) and to forego personal rights for the common good of the camp community.

• Good with people and able to communicate clearly.

  General Responsibilities

• Empower The Zone program through enthusiastic support of its mission and goal.

• Actively pursue and build Christ-centered relationships with the high school students.

• Provide spiritual direction through formal avenues (a Bible study, weekly crew devotions, growth partners) and when opportunities arise during informal times.

• Model and cultivate a Christ-like, servant atmosphere in the service area.

• Initiate and participate in clean, fun activities.

• Maintain habits for personal spiritual growth and a ministry focus.

• Assist high school crew members in developing habits for spiritual growth.

• Be conscientiousness when working with all types of people.

• Develop and operate from standards of performance.

• Lead a cabin cleaning crew at the end of each camp session.

Additional qualifications and specific responsibilities for each position are included below (click the position to read more specifics): 
Barn, Maintenance, Kitchen, Hitching Post, Lifeguard, Public Relations, Program Counselor, Camper Park.

Position: Barn Foreman

Responsible To: Camp Director

Additional Qualifications

• Basic horse grooming, saddling and riding skills.

• Good with people and able to communicate their knowledge of horses.

  Specific Responsibilities

• Keep safety as a top priority at all times.

• Give campers precedence at all times.

• Groom and saddle the horses.

• Give and supervise trail rides.

• Keep the trail rides on schedule.

• Operate a safe instruction area.

• Feed and water the horses.

• Prepare 5 days of ˝ hour horse instruction.

• See that fences and corrals are kept in proper order and repair.

• Work on other horse related projects as discussed with the camp director.

• Help in other areas of camp as requested and as time permits.

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Position: Maintenance Foreman

Responsible To: Maintenance Director

Additional Qualifications

• Enjoys working with their hands, physical labor, and problem solving.

Specific Responsibilities

• Assist in supervising the maintenance crew throughout the day.

• Work along with the crew, making sure work is of good quality.

• Be involved in a periodic review of the responsibilities list.

• Keep storage areas clean, making sure everything is put away after it is used.

• Report anything that is broken or damaged to the Maintenance Director.

• Keep the lawn areas mowed and trimmed.

• Remove burnable trash to the burn pile and recyclables to the storage area.

• Empty outside trash barrels and pop receptacles all around the camp.

• Help in other areas of camp as requested and as time permits.
  
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Position: Kitchen Foreman

Responsible To: Food Service Director 

Additional Qualifications

• Good people and organizational skills and able to follow directions well.

Specific Responsibilities

• Food preparation:

  • Check the list of "things to be done" before you start working on something.

  • Closely follow the recipe and/or direction of the Food Service Director (FSD).

  • Carefully follow the guidelines concerning sanitation while preparing foods.

  • Supervise and instruct high school staff when assigned by the FSD.

• Serving meals:

  • Adhere to standardized proportions.

  • When dishing up plate of food, make sure that people are treated cordially.

• Cleanliness:

  • Help keep the kitchen neat by

    • putting ingredients away after using.

    • using care when mixing and wiping up your own spills.
    • pre-rinsing mixing containers before piling them neatly for dish crew.
    • helping keep coolers organized by properly labeling and storing food.
  • Before leaving the kitchen each day, complete each task on the cleaning list assigned to you.
  • Follow proper garbage disposal procedures.
• Safety:
  • Keep working areas and equipment in a clean and sanitary condition (i.e. kitchen, dish area, walk-in coolers).
  • Use chemicals, etc. appropriately.
  • Assist in the care and maintenance of equipment.

• Washing dishes:

  • Carefully follow instructions for operation of the dish machine.

  • Check the temperature of the machine periodically.

  • Check sanitizer and drying agent.  Change as needed.

  • Delegate area responsibilities to insure efficient functioning of dish machine.

  • Wash hands thoroughly in the hand washing sink in between touching dirty dishes and clean dishes.

  • Store dishes, silverware, pots and pans in appropriate manner and places.

  • Clean dish area at the end of each meal.

• Dining room:

  • Wash tables with disinfectant solution.

  • Make sure each table has a properly filled napkin holder, salt and pepper shakers, silverware holder, cups and table sign.

  • Sweep and mop.

• Help in other areas of camp as requested and as time permits.

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Position: Hitching Post Foreman

Responsible To: Housekeeping Supervisor

Additional Qualifications

• Experience in handling money responsibly.

• Good people and organizational skills.

Specific Responsibilities

• Be responsible for training and supervising scheduled workers.

• Collect and record camper money in the registration line and dispense early bird shirts for Free Methodist sessions.

• See that all approved procedures are carried out for the opening, operation, and closing of the snack shop during scheduled hours.

• See that only scheduled workers are behind the counter.

• Make sure snack shop workers are aware of extra responsibilities during slack times, such as cleaning and restocking.

• Keep snack shop neat and orderly at all times.

• Make sure campers’ financial records are properly and accurately kept and all monies returned at the end of each week.
• Follow approved procedures for keeping inventory up to date.

• Follow proper procedures for filling the pop machines.