Job Purpose: The part-time school custodian plays an essential role in maintaining the building and physical structures, and supporting a learning environment that promotes health, attitude, and pride of students.The school custodian also serves as a role model for students by displaying a professional, courteous, and helpful nature. Assists in campus security as necessary.

Summary of Roles and Responsibilities:

Cleaning Functions 

• Sweep, mop, vacuum, scrub, and refinish floors; clean, dust, and polish furniture; wash windows and walls; clean restrooms; dispose of rubbish, change lights, etc.; make certain all areas of the building are kept in a clean, sanitary and orderly condition according to industry and/or school standards. 
• Pick up litter within the schools and on school grounds. 
• Applies cleaning chemicals according to established safety procedures. 
• Adheres to safety measures for cleaning, lifting, moving, and operating equipment. 
• Removes extraneous dirt/markings from interior and exterior vertical/horizontal surfaces (walls, doors, etc.). 
• Advise Facilities Manager on matters relating to mechanical equipment and/or building maintenance. 
• Keeps all equipment in a good state of repair and cleanliness. 

Administrative Functions 

•  Monitors inventory and requests cleaning supplies and materials needed to accomplish assigned tasks. 
• Maintains awareness of energy conservation and makes suggestions of methods and procedures to consider energy. 
• Secures equipment and supplies and protects against pilferage, loss, theft, or abuse. 

Safety and Security

• Monitors facility and equipment to detect and prevent injuries or damage. 
• Secures school buildings to ensure proper building security at all times. Lock, secure, and code outbuilding at end of the shift. 
• Monitors emergency equipment.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Graduation from high school or equivalent. 
• Must have completed an apprenticeship or the equivalent within the specific trade/craft area. 
• Ability to communicate and maintain good working relations with all employees, vendors, contractors, and public entities. 
• Ability to work effectively in an environment with frequent interruptions requiring the ability to concentrate and consistently produce accurate work while responding to interruptions and changing priorities. 
• Initiative and ability to work with minimal direction; sound judgment and decision-making capabilities are essential. 
• Knowledge of state and local codes related to assigned trade/craft. 

Physical Requirements: 

The physical demands and work environment described here represent those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to bend, sit, move about, hear and speak. Noise levels may be high when operating power equipment. Employees may be required to work in restricted spaces including crawling and/or climbing as working at heights. Required to stand, be on feet, and move around for a full work shift. 

Ability to work using ladders, scaffolding, mechanical lifts, and district vehicles. Ability to spend most of the work-day standing, lifting, and walking. Ability to lift up to 60 pounds and move heavier materials using appropriate equipment. 

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee is required to properly use such safety equipment as is appropriate to the work to prevent injury to self or others. Ability to communicate in person, by radio, electronically, and over the phone. Ability to use computer equipment to complete reports, generate service orders, maintain inventories, etc.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works in outside weather conditions. The employee is exposed to snow, slippery, wet, and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, and toxic or caustic chemicals. It may be expected that the individual could be exposed to blood or other potentially infectious materials or illnesses during the course of their duties.