Custodial Helper 2

About the role

Provides assistance to students, teachers, custodians, and administrators. Performs assigned tasks such as sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, and removal of garbage. May also assist in grounds care, building maintenance, cleaning, and moving of equipment. May help with building security by locking/unlocking doors when requested and do final lock-up of building at night including turning on security systems. Attendance, physical presence, and timeliness are required and are essential functions of this position.

Responsibilities

• Assists with routine maintenance of school and district buildings
• Cleans restroom, offices, classrooms, and hallways
• Mops or runs auto scrubber
• Extracts/bonnets carpets
• Assists with floor refinishing
• Removes garbage
• May fill soap, paper towel, toilet paper and other dispensers
• May remove graffiti and repair other acts of vandalism
• Assists in restricting access by locking and unlocking doors
• Mows and edges lawns
• Performs other outside maintenance
• Cleans up garbage, repairs furniture, lockers, doors and small equipment
• Involved with security of building after hours
• Turns on/off security and locks/unlocks the building
• Performs duties in a manner to maintain an 80% or higher VEKTR inspection

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred
• Must have basic reading and math skills
• One year of prior custodial experience preferred

Required Knowledge and Skills

• Needs to know how to operate and maintain basic cleaning equipment, including but not limited to buffers, extractors and auto scrubber
• May perform minor adjustments to equipment
• Must understand basic use of cleaning solvents and their proper application

Working Environment

• Works inside and outside the building to accomplish assigned tasks
• Working conditions can be in hot and cold weather
• May experience stress from disruptive students and/or groups of students
• Must receive proper training from the Head Custodian when working with cleaning chemicals and must be handled properly

Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to speak and/or hear
• Frequently required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, and crouch
• Occasionally required to use hands to handle or feel and must occasionally climb or balance
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception
• Must be able to stand for long periods of time
• Must be able to lift and/or move up to 50 lbs