Custodian

Position: Custodian (4 hours/day) - Trailblazer Elementary School (2026-27 School Year)

Custodian (4 hours/day) - Trailblazer Elementary School (2026-27 School Year)

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Job Details
Job : 5894589
Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled
Posted: Aug 20, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: To Be Determined

Job Description

Job Title: Custodian (4 hours/day)

Location: Trailblazer Elementary School

Reports to: Principal

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Summary
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The Custodian is responsible for maintaining an attractive, sanitary, and safe facility for students, staff, and the public. The custodian is also responsible for providing equipment and furniture for reserved meetings, classroom activities, and events, as well as minimizing property damage, loss, and liability exposure.

Essential Functions
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• Arrange equipment and furnishings (e.g. furniture arrangements, bleachers, stages, etc.) to provide adequate arrangements for meetings, classroom activities, and events. Assemble furniture and equipment to provide materials in usable form.
• Assist other personnel, as may be required, to ensure an efficient and effective work environment.
• Attend in-service trainings (e.g. blood borne pathogens, cleaning solvents, floor care, first aid, etc.) to receive information on new and/or improved procedures.
• Clean assigned facilities (e.g. offices, restrooms, corridors, carpets, windows, walls, boardroom area, conference rooms, etc.) to maintain a sanitary, safe, and attractive environment.
• Communicate issues about safety and/or proper maintenance of facilities to supervisor, students, site staff, and others to provide information, obtain repairs, ensure safety, and/or schedule special cleaning.
• Deliver a variety of items (e.g. supplies, packages, furniture, etc.) to distribute materials to the appropriate parties.
• Inform personnel regarding procedures and/or status of work orders to provide necessary information for making decisions, taking appropriate action, and/or complying with health and safety regulations.
• Inspect school or Division facilities to ensure that the site is suitable for safe operations, maintained in an attractive and clean condition, and/or identify/report necessary repairs due to vandalism, equipment breakage, weather conditions, etc.
• Maintain supplies and equipment (e.g. cleaning solutions, paper products, vacuum, mops, etc.) to ensure the availability of items required to properly maintain facilities.
• Perform minor maintenance and repairs (e.g. change light bulbs, replace washers, oil doors, etc.) to ensure safe and efficient use of facilities.
• Perform other related duties as assigned to ensure the efficient and effective functioning of the work unit.
• Prepare facilities for daily operations (e.g. opening gates, building access doors, disarming security systems, raising the flag, minor repairs, etc.) to ensure facilities are operational and safe for occupancy.
• Repair furniture and equipment as may be required (e.g. faucets, toilets, replace lights, etc.) to ensure that items are available and in safe working condition.
• Respond to immediate safety and/or operational concerns (e.g. facility damage, injured and ill students (day custodian), unauthorized persons, alarms, etc.) to take appropriate action to resolve immediate safety issues and maintain a functioning educational environment.
• Secure facilities and grounds (e.g. lock doors, turn off lights, take down flags, etc.) to minimize property damage, equipment loss, and potential liability to the Division.

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities
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Performing multiple, non-technical tasks with a potential need to upgrade skills in order to meet changing job conditions; operating equipment used in industrial maintenance including electrical cleaning…