Custodian - Substitute

Are you looking for a rewarding career where your work makes a direct, positive impact on students' lives and the Camdenton R-3 community? We are searching for dedicated and reliable classified staff to provide custodial services at assigned locations, ensuring students, staff, and visitors have a safe, attractive, comfortable, clean, and efficient environment.

About the Role

This position focuses on custodial services to maintain a clean, safe, and functional learning environment. Hours are from 2:00 pm to 10:30 pm, Monday through Friday, with the possibility of becoming full-time.

Responsibilities

• Dust, sweep, and/or mop floors as instructed.
• Wash windows and clean window sills.
• Care for and clean the grounds (playgrounds, sidewalks, entry and exit locations, etc.).
• Scrub, strip, and wax floors as scheduled.
• Clean and sanitize restroom fixtures, hardware, tile, mirrors, partitions, and floors.
• Replace restroom supplies as needed.
• Report any damage to school property and maintenance needs via the work order system.
• Replace light bulbs and fluorescent tubes as needed.
• Follow the established schedule.
• Sweep exterior walkways and remove snow/debris as directed.
• Relieve, assist, or fill in temporarily on other jobs as assigned by the supervisor.
• Know the location, proper care, and use of all firefighting equipment.
• Maintain security of classrooms, buildings, and grounds.
• Check to ensure all doors and windows are locked and buildings are free of fire hazards.
• Assist with routine maintenance during the summer months.
• Report any issues with heating, cooling, or plumbing systems immediately.
• Clean and maintain tools, supplies, and equipment after each use and store them properly.
• Secure the building at the end of the shift.
• Carry out all other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Perform basic math.
• Read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedural manuals in English.
• Respond to or redirect inquiries from staff, students, visitors, etc.
• Understand multi-step written and oral instructions.
• Solve practical problems.
• Interpret instructions given orally, in writing, by diagram, or by form.
• Minimal use of technology, including data entry for time clock and work orders.
• Ability to work with a diverse group of people in various settings.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Must have reliable transportation to and from work.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to stand, walk, use hands and fingers to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls, and talk and hear.
• Frequently required to reach, climb, bend, squat, stoop, and kneel.
• Continuously use hand strength to grasp and use tools and climb ladders.
• Frequently lift or move up to 50 pounds; occasionally lift or move up to 90 pounds.
• Frequently push or pull items such as desks, tables, bleachers, and scrubbing machines.
• Specific vision requirements include close and peripheral vision and depth perception.

Work Conditions

• Regularly works indoors and occasionally outdoors.
• Works near or with moving mechanical equipment.
• May occasionally work with toxic or caustic chemicals.
• The noise level is usually moderate but can occasionally be loud.