Part-Time Night Custodian - 3:30pm-7:30pm

Position Overview

Townsend Elementary School (main), Townsend Early Childhood Center Position Overview
Under direction of the direction of the Chief Custodian, the Custodian will provide a safe, healthy and clean building. He/she will clean, perform minor and preventative maintenance; remove snow and do grounds work. The Custodian shall enforce the State rules and regulations and district policies to ensure the optimum operation of the educational program. This is a 12-month position.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• sweeping;
• dry or wet mopping;
• waxing;
• buffing;
• vacuuming;
• cleaning walls and ceilings, windows, furniture, lights, bathrooms;
• shampooing carpets;
• moving furniture and other supplies;
• cleaning outside grounds;
• helping to load and unload trucks;
• shoveling and removal of snow and ice;
• cutting grass and trimming;
• opening and closing the building;
• and securing the alarm system.

Provides Minor Maintenance

• replacing light bulbs,
• painting,
• helping to clean boilers and heating equipment,
• care for lawn mowers, trimmers, vacuum cleaners, and buffers.

Driving Cars / Trucks

• to pick up equipment, supplies, parts and mail.

Other Related Custodial and Minor Maintenance Duties

• as assigned by the chief custodian, supervisor of custodians, and/or building and grounds supervisor.

Assumes Other Responsibilities

• Checks and secures building at beginning and end of shift for the purpose of ensuring the safety and cleanliness of the building.
• Cleans rooms, hallways, cafeterias, restrooms, offices, stairways, and other areas of building according to school district standards.
• Sweeps, mops, buffs, strips, and waxes floors.
• Cleans rugs, carpets, upholstered furniture, and blinds.
• Cleans walls, ceilings, woodwork, windows, doors, and sills.
• Removes graffiti, cleans glass areas.
• Replaces light bulbs.
• Sets up and breaks down chairs, tables and equipment in meeting rooms, and functional rooms.
• Clears snow from entrances and walks, and spreads sand and ice melting chemicals.
• Performs grounds-keeping duties, clears debris and maintains grounds.
• Receives deliveries and assists in unloading trucks and storing supplies.
• Delivers supplies and materials to classrooms, bathrooms and other areas of the building.
• Empties wastebaskets; picks up and removes trash and assists in recycling program.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED - preferred
• Valid Class D Driver's License with good driving record
• Have knowledge of cleaning materials, methods, equipment and procedures
• Be able to perform minor maintenance
• Able to perform work requiring sustained moderate physical effort, operation of commercial food service equipment, movement of objects weighing 40-50 pounds and continuous standing

Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly talking, expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.
• Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• The employee must possess normal cognitive abilities including the ability to learn, recall and apply certain skills.

Physical and Environmental Conditions

• The work of this nature is generally performed in a school kitchen and cafeteria environment.

Pre-employment Requirements

• All persons employed by the Appoquinimink School District are required to submit a criminal background check and a tuberculosis test.
• Any person offered employment is required to provide the following:
• proper identification (Social Security Card and Driver's License),
• documentation of eligibility for employment in the U.S.A.,
• completion of I-9 form,
• and completion of paperwork for the Delaware Child Protection Registry.