ReStore Volunteer

Cashier

Primary duties:

• Greet customers entering ReStore
• Operate cash register and credit/debit machine
• Answer telephone
• Keep checkout and entrance area neat and clean

Secondary duties:

• Assist customers and donors
• Accept donations and complete donation receipts
• Help process merchandise

Skills needed:

• Enjoy working with the public
• Ability to count money

Merchandising - Front of the Store

Primary duties:

• Accept donations and complete donation receipts
• Sort, clean, assemble, and prepare merchandise for pricing by staff
• Place merchandise on store shelves
• Keep work area neat and clean

Secondary duties:

• Assist customers and donors
• Enter donation information onto computer spread sheet (optional)
• Keep sales area neat and orderly

Skills needed:

• Enjoy working with the public
• Simple computer skills, including data entry and using search programs, are helpful

Merchandising - Back of the Store

Primary duties:

• Receive and unload donations and complete donation receipts
• Move merchandise from the loading dock into the store
• Sort, clean, assemble, and prepare merchandise for pricing by staff
• Place merchandise in sales areas
• Load sold items into customer vehicles
• Keep work area neat and clean

Secondary duties:

• Assist customers and donors
• Clean sales area and loading dock

Skills needed:

• Enjoy working with the public
• Ability to lift and carry heavy items, using hand trucks, dollies, and carts
• Familiarity with simple tools

Driver

Primary duties:

• Operate ReStore vehicles (full size pick‐up truck and 14 foot box van)
• Deliver sold merchandise
• Pick up donations
• Load and unload trucks
• Complete donation receipts

Secondary duties:

• Assist customers and donors

Requirements/Skills needed:

• Current Idaho driver’s license and clearance by BVHfH insurance company
• Enjoy working with the public
• Ability to lift and carry heavy items, using lift gate, hand trucks, dollies, and carts
• Ability to complete simple safety checks for vehicle operation and transport of goods

Rider

Primary duties:

• Ride in ReStore vehicles (full size pick‐up truck & 14 foot box van) and assist driver with navigation
• Deliver sold merchandise
• Pick up donations
• Load and unload trucks
• Complete donation receipts

Secondary duties:

• Assist customers and donors

Skills needed:

• Enjoy working with the public
• Ability to lift and carry heavy items, using lift gate, hand trucks, dollies, and carts
• Ability to assist with simple safety checks for vehicle operation and transport of goods

Appliance Inspector

Primary Duties:

• Receive donated appliances
• Test donated appliances
• Describe appliance condition
• Price and place on sales floor

Secondary duties:

• Assist customers and donors

Skills needed:

• Enjoy working with the public
• Familiarity with household appliances and ability to test their basic functions
• Ability to move appliances using hand trucks and dollies

Trash and Recycling Handler

Primary duties:

• Gather garbage from front and back of the store, rest rooms, and work areas
• Dispose of trash in dumpster
• Sort and gather recyclable items
• Transport recyclable items to area recyclers
• Identify and isolate hazardous waste
• Keep work area neat and clean

Secondary duties:

• Assist customers and donors
• Educate fellow volunteers about recycling

Skills needed:

• Familiarity with recycling standards
• Ability to lift up to fifty pounds
• Valid Idaho driver license

Cleaning Person

Primary duties:

• Sweep sales area, entry, and front sidewalk
• Wash windows
• Clean bathrooms and volunteer break area
• Wash dishes and clean sink
• Assist with tidying and cleaning merchandise and sales floor

Secondary duties:

• Assist customers and donors

Skills needed:

• Ability to lift up to twenty pounds