Custodian - Night

Night Custodian

Provide students with a safe, attractive, comfortable, clean, and efficient place in which to learn, play and develop.

Daily Assignments:

• Empty all trash-replace liners as needed.
• Replace biohazard red liners daily.
• Empty pencil sharpeners.
• Check lights and replace any non-functioning bulbs.
• Turn off all lights in classrooms, hallways, break rooms, etc., using lights only in room cleaning.
• Dust counter tops, windowsills, desks, tables computers, lockers, etc.
• Rooms with sinks and countertops must be cleaned nightly and checked for soap and paper towels in dispensers.
• Secure all doors and windows.
• Spot clean carpets.
• Vacuum all classrooms, offices, break and work rooms.
• Clean all glass and drinking fountains in your area.
• Pick up trash outside.
• Restrooms-Clean mirrors, stools, stalls, sinks, counter tops, and mop floors with disinfectant cleaner.
• Refill all soap and paper towel dispensers.
• Set back thermostats.
• Assists with special projects.
• All other duties as assigned by Principal or Supervisor.

Weekly Assignments:

• Clean chalkboards, white boards and trays-on assigned days.
• Clean erasers.
• Clean baseboards.
• Clean air vents.
• Clean storage, custodial, and mechanical rooms.

Monthly Assignments:

• Check fire extinguishers in your area.
• Clean light fixtures.
• All duties assigned by Principal or Supervisor.

Annual Assignments:

• Summer-Work with assigned crews: removing and laying carpets, removing and laying tile, sanding and refinishing gym floors, painting and light carpentry, moving of furniture, operating a power washer, and general grounds responsibilities including cutting grass, landscaping, and similar tasks.
• Winter-Spreading Ice Melt, shoveling and removal of snow from sidewalks and parking lots, sanding and refinishing floors, removing and laying carpets, painting and light carpentry, and moving of furniture.

Qualification:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or

Experience:

• High School diploma or GED equivalent
• Two (2) years of general or related experience preferred

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Ability to follow all district policies and procedures.
• Ability to work independently, displaying initiative and enthusiasm for the tasks being done.
• Demonstrating communication skills, orally and in writing, with faculty, staff, and team members.
• Ability to work as a team player.
• Ability to document records accurately.
• Ability to manage confidential information in a manner that respects students, families, and employees.
• Ability to listen effectively.

Language

Skills:

• Ability to read and interpret general written instructions in English language.
• Ability to effectively communicate with supervisor, school personnel, and co-workers.

Mathematical

Skills:

• Ability to perform basic math functions such as addition and subtraction.

Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out written and oral instructions.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

Licenses and Registrations:

• Current driver's license in good standing.

Physical Demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
• The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and use hands to finger, handle or feel.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.
• The employee is frequently required to push and pull multiple pieces of equipment including vacuums, mops, buffers, scrubbers, and similar equipment.
• The employee is frequently required to climb up ladders and reach over head.
• Vision abilities for this job include close, distant, color, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

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