It’s a job. And Rado Parapunov came halfway around the world to do it.

He is a point-scorer.

Period.

He is not a passer. (Can’t, he says.)

He blocks well. (Loves it, could be better, he says).

He serves very well. (Would like to be more consistent, he says).

But what the 6-foot-9 sophomore opposite for No. 3 Hawaii does extremely well is put down kills. In-system, out-of-system, from all areas of the volleyball court.

Throw up a ball and he’ll find it. And usually crush it.

It’s what makes the left-handed Bulgarian national so dangerously effective with a 3.62 kills-per-set average that ranks him 12th in the country. Add blocks (16) and aces (eight) to the kills (76) and Parapunov is ninth nationally in point average (4.45 per set).

After being off since Feb. 3, he and the rest of the Rainbow Warriors go back to work tonight at the Stan Sheriff Center against No. 5 UC Irvine. The 7 p.m. match is one of two that mark the official opening of the Big West’s inaugural men’s volleyball season — the other has UC San Diego at No. 13 UC Santa Barbara — but it is the only match as far as the winner of the best spike and best server at the 2016 European Championships is concerned.

Parapunov is focused on tonight. Not Sunday’s rematch with the Anteaters. Not on speculation about Hawaii’s chances at improving on last year’s third-place NCAA finish.

“People have been asking about us winning a national championship,” Parapunov said. “I say, ‘Let’s win the game on Friday first.’ It’s better to look at it step by step, day by day, game by game.

“ I cannot promise anything, and neither will my teammates, about how we will end. The only thing I can promise is that we are doing the best we can, working hard to achieve what we want.”

When it came to achieving the ideal American college experience, Parapunov believes he found it 12 hours away from his hometown of Sofia. After sending out tapes to every school he had an email address for, there was one answer that stood out.

“First we communicated about how I would fit in, my education goals, and then Charlie (Warriors coach Wade) came to see me play,” Parapunov said. “What was the greatest thing is the investment they make. First we are human, then we are volleyball players.

“Being a Warrior is about defending the pride. There is so much history. It’s personal, it’s about sharing the ohana, the Hawaiian culture with everyone else. This is not a regular school here. It’s much more. I have found paradise.”

The assimilation wasn’t completely perfect. There was some homesickness, missing his mother’s moussaka (Bulgarian dish of beef and potatoes), as well as dealing with a knee injury incurred during warm-ups of last season’s opener against Erskine.

He played sparingly in 25 matches but still made the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation’s all-freshman team.

“He didn’t play that much, but when he did, he was impactful,” Wade said. “There’s a lot to like about him and his game.

“He’s has the mind-set of an opposite, is comfortable doing all the heavy lifting. He’s the prototypical six-rotation point-scorer, has the build, the body, the mind-set of what the dominant opposite looks like world-wide.”

Junior setter Joe Worsley knows Parapunov’s value.

“From a young age, he’s been able to hit out-of-system balls and he’s good at it, Worsley said. “There’s a reason he’s one of our top scorers.

“He’s a big guy, but he’s like a giant teddy bear. We’ve talked about him being a little more intense, that he could be more fired up, and he’s developing that more the past few weeks.”

That may not be in the job description, but if it’s something the Warriors need, Parapunov will work on it.