Building Maintenance Worker - HG

Building Maintenance Worker - Harriet Gibbons

APSUE Employment Opportunity

Full-Time

The Building Maintenance Worker performs semi-skilled work in the maintenance, care, and modification of school district grounds and landscapes. Experience needed in the operation of electrically-powered and gasoline-powered grounds-keeping equipment, machines, and the use of small hand and power tools. Performs outside grounds maintenance and routine building cleaning tasks in a school district; does related work as required.

• Mows lawns, trims shrubs, rakes leaves and performs a variety of other grounds keeping tasks as assigned.
• This is manual work calling for the efficient performance of school building cleaning, grounds keeping and snow removal tasks.
• Clears snow and ice from school sidewalks, doors, entryways and parking lots.
• Maintains the school grounds by picking up trash and debris.
• This position is distinguished from that of a Cleaner by the heavier nature of the work performed and because of involvement in outside grounds maintenance activities.
• Strips and waxes floors and halls using heavy machinery.
• Operates heavy rug shampoo equipment.
• Cleaning tasks are performed according to a well-established procedure and involve some heavy work requiring physical strength and ability.
• The work is performed under supervision of a higher level custodial employee.
• Supervision over the work of others is not a responsibility of employees in this class.
• Sweeps and mops floors, stairs and halls including classrooms, cafeterias, gyms, auditoriums and locker rooms.
• Performs general cleaning of school rooms involving dusting furniture and washing and cleaning walls, blackboards, desks, windows, sinks, showers, toilets and locker rooms.
• Empties wastepaper baskets and disposes of school rubbish from large barrels into removable truck containers.
• Arranges chairs, tables and other equipment for special use of school buildings, such as PTA meetings, assemblies, graduation, etc.
• May unload truck deliveries, stock shelves and perform other heavy lifting and moving tasks.
• May deliver packages and messages.

• Working knowledge of building cleaning practices, supplies and equipment and ability to use them economically and efficiently.
• Ability to follow oral and written directions.
• Ability to perform heavy manual cleaning, lifting and minor grounds maintenance tasks.
• Willingness to perform routine cleaning and other manual tasks.
• Ability to get along with others; physical strength, and good physical condition.