Production Household Associate
Supervisor: Production Household Department Manager
Last Modified: 6/19/25
Responsibility Statement:
As a Production Household Associate, you are expected to uphold and actively support the vision of New Horizons Thrift Stores as communicated by Thrift Store Management and your immediate supervisor. Through collaboration and teamwork, you will help carry out this vision within your area of responsibility and influence.
The Production Household Associate is a motivated, dependable team member responsible for sorting, cleaning, pricing, and preparing donated items for resale and keeping the work area organized and clean.
Additional tasks may be assigned at times by your supervisor. Consideration will be given to your current workload and duties.
Key Result Areas:
Sorting and Cleaning: Prepare donated items for resale.
- Sort incoming used items by condition
- Clean items using designated tools and methods
- Perform basic touch ups or repairs when needed
Pricing and retail: Organize and price cleaned inventory for resale. (occasionally, as needed on the team)
Workspace: Follow safety and cleanliness standards to maintain a clean and orderly working environment.
Essential Functions
An employee must be able to meet the following essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Physical Labor Environment – Involves working indoors or outdoors in elements of weather, noise, equipment, dust, and temperature. Repetitive motions of the hands and arms to handle, move, carry, and control objects and tools for extended periods of time are required.
- Body positioning - Includes standing and walking for the duration of a shift. Occasional bending, stooping, climbing and reaching is required.
- Physical Demands – Ability to lift, carry, push, and pull items weighing up to 25 pounds frequently and up to 50 pounds occasionally, either alone or with assistance.
- Work Shifts – Involves full time day shift hours. (Mon. to Thurs. 7AM- 4PM, Fri 7AM to 2:30 PM)
Desired Skills & Qualifications:
Basic Skills
- Active Listening- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Speaking- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Social Skills
- Coordination- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Service Orientation- Actively looking for ways to help people.
Experience/Training Required:
No prior experience or training is required.
Compensation:
Full-time
This is a full-time position. This position is not exempt, which means that overtime pay will be paid for time worked over 40 hours per week.
Paid Medical Leave, MEC, and Life Insurance is included, optional health benefits include Vision, and HDHP. Paid vacation begins to accrue after 30 days.
Compensation will be paid twice a month, on the 7th and 21st of each month.
No compensation will be provided for voluntary time and/or services provided and volunteered by the employee that fall outside the typical employee responsibilities for this job.
Signature:
Employee signature below constitutes employee’s understanding of the requirements, essential functions and duties of the position.
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Skills Required
- Ability to lift, carry, push, and pull items up to 25 pounds frequently and up to 50 pounds occasionally.
- Standing and walking for the duration of a shift; occasional bending, stooping, climbing, and reaching.
- Perform repetitive hand and arm motions to handle, move, carry, and control objects and tools for extended periods.
- Work full-time day shift (Mon-Thurs 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM; Fri 7:00 AM - 2:30 PM).
- Follow safety and cleanliness standards and maintain an organized work area.
- No prior experience or training required.
- Basic communication skills: active listening and speaking.
- Social skills: coordination and service orientation.
What We Do
New Horizons Thrift Stores operates three thrift store locations in Central Colorado, offering a wide variety of cleaned second-hand products including clothing, furniture, and home goods. A portion of their proceeds supports various community organizations and ministries.
