Evening Housekeeper/Custodian

Purpose

The Custodian provides a safe, attractive, comfortable, and clean environment to ensure full and productive use of district facilities. To accomplish these tasks the Custodian must work closely with the staff and administration of the District.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Health and Inoculation Certificate on file in the Central Office (after employment offer is made)
• Ability to understand chemical hazards
• Ability to work independently without supervision
• Experience and knowledge in the areas of electrical, maintenance, and carpentry
• Ability to manually lift a maximum of 60 pounds
• Desire to continue career improvement by enhancing skills and job performance

Essential Functions

• Ability to provide a clean, safe, attractive, and comfortable environment to ensure full and productive use of district facilities
• Ability to communicate and work effectively and cooperatively with members of the school district and community
• Ability to react to changes and frequent interruptions in a productive and positive manner, and handle other tasks as assigned
• Ability to operate all equipment and machinery as required
• Ability to work to implement the vision and mission of the District

Physical Requirements & Environmental Conditions

• Requires physical exertion to manually move, lift, carry, pull, or push heavy objects or materials up to 60 lbs
• Requires stooping, kneeling, crawling, bending, turning, reaching, climbing and balancing
• Ability to move furniture or equipment within the building as required
• Must work in and around dust, fumes, and odors
• Must work in noisy and crowded environments, with numerous interruptions
• Must work indoors and outdoors year-round in a variety of temperatures

Responsibilities

• Ability to keep building and premises (including sidewalks, driveways, and play areas) neat and clean and safe at all times
• Ability to clean classroom and office floors daily
• Dump pencil sharpeners
• Dump trash and replace bags
• Dust furniture
• Line up desks
• Clean blackboards, erasers, and chalk trays
• Clean classroom sinks and monitor fountains for leaks
• Ability to clean corridors each day
• Dust locker tops, wash and repair as needed
• Clean drinking fountains daily
• Ability to mop restroom floors and clean all sanitary fixtures daily
• Clean mirrors
• Fill soap, towel, and toilet paper dispensers
• Check restrooms after recess, lunch, and after assemblies
• Ability to sweep bleachers, stage, and stairs
• Clean behind bleachers and mop as needed
• Ability to replace light bulbs as needed throughout the building
• Remove gum, tape, and marks from floor and walls
• Dust walls as needed
• Clean air return and vent louvers as needed
• Dust window ledges
• Buff and recoat floor as needed
• Wash windows inside and outside at least twice each year, and more frequently if necessary
• Ability to open and close buildings each school day
• Secure building
• Doors may need to remain locked from the outside in certain areas
• Ability to sweep, shovel, and sand walks as appropriate
• Ability to raise the United States flag, Kansas flag and, where appropriate, the DARE flag before school commences and take down the same after school closing
• Ability to regulate heat, ventilation, and air conditioning systems to provide temperatures appropriate to the season, ensure economical usage of fuel, water, and electricity, and maintain mechanical equipment as directed
• Ability to check emergency lights and fire extinguishers, fill in date and initial the tag
• Ability to check daily to ensure all exit doors are open and all panic bolts are working properly during the hours of building occupancy
• Ability to ensure all doors and windows are secured and all lights are turned off (except as necessary for safety reasons) at the close of school each day
• Ability to immediately report unauthorized persons on the school premises to the Director of Maintenance or principal
• Ability to immediately report damaged school property to the Principal
• Ability to make minor building repairs, and promptly report needed major repairs to the Buildings and Grounds Supervisor
• Keep current on new information, innovative ideas and techniques
• Ability to observe and follow all school district policies at all times
• Ability to respond to information requests in a cooperative, courteous, and timely manner
• Ability to keep student and personnel information and records confidential
• Ability to implement and follow all District health and safety policies, including all precautions of the Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control Plan
• Ability to perform other duties and assume other responsibilities assigned by the Building and Grounds Director, the Custodial Supervisor, or the Administrative Staff