A Janitor or Cleaner provides cleaning and basic maintenance in buildings such as schools, offices, stores, hospitals or hotels. Cleans and polishes floors, removes trash, vacuums carpets, washes windows, cleans bathrooms, stocks building supplies such as light bulbs and paper towels and performs minor repairs as needed. Holds keys for rooms and building entrances and locks or unlocks them as needed.
Floating School Custodian HCSDK8 Hillsborough, CA Job Details 12 hours ago Qualifications Interior window cleaning Facility maintenance painting Records maintenance Floor cleaning chemicals Furniture dusting OSHA Removing debris Equipment repair Floor polishers Outdoor work experience Labeling Fixture cleaning Moving Maintenance painting Rakes Minor facility damage repair Outdoor debris cleaning Experience working with children Safety hazards Equipment inspection Dollies Carpet vacuuming Event setup Hand tools Restroom cleaning Machine minor repairs Light bulb replacement Furniture polish Entry level Trowels Full Job Description
HILLSBOROUGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT CUSTODIAN
General Description:
Under principal's supervision, cleans and maintains assigned school areas, keeping them in a clean, orderly and secure condition.
Essential Functions:
1. Dust, sweep, clean, scrub, wax, polish and mop floors in classrooms, multi-purpose room, bathrooms and offices. 2. Wash and scrub walls, lavatory fixtures, windows, painted surfaces and drinking fountains. 3. Service soap dispensers, towel dispensers. 4. Sweep and hose concrete or blacktop, sidewalks and playground areas, rake tanbark and or sand under playground equipment. 5. Replace incandescent bulbs, reset fuses, move and adjust desks, table and chairs. 6. Lock and unlock doors and gates/windows. 7. Gather and dispose of paper, rubbish and debris, empty, wash and line refuse containers and wastepaper baskets. 8. Make minor repairs to buildings, equipment, furniture and small appliances. Can include touch up paint, for example. 9. Keep simple records relative to items uses and required. 10. Perform a variety of custodial duties scheduled and required by site administrator. 11. Assist maintenance personnel or groundskeepers in duties common to the school. 12. Open and secure site on a regular basis, including special events set-ups. 13. Report observed safety, sanitary or fire hazards to site administrator. 14. Shampoo carpets. 15. Repair equipment. 16. Move classroom furniture, school supplies, school deliveries and school mail. 17. Reading instructions, gauges and/or tapes is important. 18. Inspect play equipment daily. 19. Label all containers to
The nature of the essential tasks requires many physical movements. The custodian typically stands, climbs, walks, lifts and carries, bends, pushes/pulls, reaches and stretches and grasps objects with finer, hand wrist and arm involvement. The manual dexterity required necessitates well-developed eye/hand coordination. Gross motor activity involving muscles is part of the job. Vision/Hearing—
Speech and Language Process:
Although tasks are often done alone, regular communication between principal and custodian or teacher and custodian is essential. It is necessary for the custodian to hear information and respond in an appropriate and timely manner. Clarity of vision is important.
Environmental Conditions:
This geographic area has temperate climatic conditions. The custodian's tasks do require much outdoor work, so he/she may be exposed to some inclement weather, but this would be infrequently. No vibrations, hazards or polluted atmospheric conditions are present. One school is located in a flood plain, but there are contingency emergency plans for such situation.
Human Relations Characteristics:
The custodian often works alone on his her tasks, so he/she needs to be self-motivated. There is interaction with supervisory staff, teachers, students and parents, so interaction with other occurs often.
Temperaments:
This job requires performing a variety of duties daily, attending tolerances for working around children and taking directions well from supervisors. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the above stated essential functions.
