Custodian

Custodian – Apache Junction Unified School District

Job

Position Type:
Maintenance/Custodian

Date Posted: 12/5/2025

Location:

Desert Vista Elementary School

Work Calendar:
Year-round (261 days) – Afternoon and/or evening hours

Salary: $15.15 - $18.82 per hour (offered based on experience and internal equity)

$15.15/hr – $18.82/hr

Cleans and maintains building and grounds areas. Cleans classrooms, cafeteria, halls, restrooms, locker rooms, sidewalks and other areas. Performs minor repair and maintenance work. Sets up for special events. Performs other duties as required.

• Sweeps, mops, scrubs, and vacuums hallways, stairs and office space.
• Uses floor cleaning machine and other equipment.
• Empties trash and garbage containers.
• Maintains building, occasionally performing minor and routine painting, plumbing, electrical wiring, and other related maintenance activities. Changes light bulbs and replaces air conditioner filters.
• Notifies supervisor concerning need for major repairs or additions to lighting, heating, and ventilating equipment.
• Properly uses chemicals necessary to maintain cleanliness and sanitary conditions in assigned areas.
• Cleans debris from sidewalk.
• Keeps custodial closets clean and orderly.

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Must be able to pass a background check.

Must possess an Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card with IVP# prior to hiring.

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of supervisors or employees of organization.

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. Daily strenuous physical activity, frequent climbing, balancing, bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling is required.

The employee is frequently required to lift and carry up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and move up to 100 pounds. The employee is frequently required to move about the District or campus and occasionally required to sit. Specific vision abilities required include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

While performing the duties, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, risk of electrical shock, toxic or caustic chemicals, fumes or airborne particles, outside weather conditions, vibration, extreme heat, wet and/or humid conditions, and extreme cold. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

The Apache Junction Unified School District does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation), or disability in its employment practices.

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