Substitute Custodian

About the Role

The custodial staff is responsible for maintaining a clean, sanitized, and attractive learning environment. This position reports to the Maintenance Director.

Responsibilities

• Interpret instructions in written documentation or given orally such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedural manuals in English.
• Perform major cleaning tasks such as vacuuming, wet-mopping, sweeping, dusting, emptying trash, recycling material, and cleaning pencil sharpeners, chalkboards or whiteboards, and disinfecting drinking fountains and surfaces.
• Clean all indoor facilities including floors, walls, windows, and surfaces in all rooms and hallways.
• Clean restrooms, including floors and all fixtures (i.e., urinals, toilets, sinks, mirrors, partitions, and counters) to ensure restrooms are hygienic.
• Restock disposable items such as soap, paper towels, etc.
• Use cleaning materials and techniques as directed.
• Perform ongoing tasks such as replacing light bulbs, filling dispensers, and setting up facilities for student and adult use.
• Make minor building repairs and promptly report major repairs needed to the building administrator.
• Ensure that all doors and windows are appropriately locked.
• Assist in major clean-up in summer, such as washing desks and chairs, washing down walls, stripping and waxing floors, and shampooing carpets.
• Keep grounds free of rubbish and in winter shovel snow from steps and sidewalks and apply ice melt when appropriate.
• Prepare requests for custodial supplies and equipment for building operations.
• Maintain inventory of supplies and equipment.
• Write legibly and complete requested paperwork or reports on time.
• Assist in preparation of work order requests for building repairs and maintenance.
• Respond to requests from staff members.
• Maintain a positive demeanor, and use appropriate language while maintaining a professional relationship with students, faculty, administration, parents, and patrons.
• Demonstrate professionalism and appropriate judgment in behavior, speech, and dress in the work setting.
• Attend meetings as scheduled by supervisors and administrators.
• Adhere to good safety practices and all district rules, regulations, and policies.
• Consistent and regular attendance is an essential function of this position.
• All other duties as required or assigned.

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.
• Use a twenty-pound vacuum daily for three to four hours.
• Push or pull items such as desks, tables, bleachers, and scrubbing machines.
• Frequently lift or move up to fifty pounds; occasionally lift or move up to ninety pounds.
• Specific vision requirements include close and peripheral vision and depth perception.

Work Conditions and Environment

• Regularly works indoors and occasionally works outdoors in extreme temperatures of below freezing and above 100 degrees.
• 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.