What are the responsibilities and job description for the Instructor, Custodial Trainer - (Effective 6/24/25) position at Baltimore County Public Schools?
BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
JOB TITLE: Instructor, Custodial Trainer
REPORTS TO: Senior Operations Supervisor, Special Services
TITLE CODE: J4221
SCHEDULE: Full Time
DEFINITION: To develop, coordinate, and conduct the custodial training program.
Examples Of Duties
Develop and/or modify lesson plans which ensure adequate coverage of custodial training including, but not limited to instruction in basic sanitation, housekeeping, stripping, waxing, buffing, minor maintenance, building security, and basic operation of heating, ventilating, and air conditioning equipment.
Facilitate the assistance of experts in various maintenance and operations functions where resource personnel are available and where their expertise is applicable to the program. Set up custodial training workshops for current and new employees and arrange for appropriate training facilities.
May complete onsite training at schools which may vary across geographic areas. Complete follow-up visits with trainees to ensure that custodial housekeeping practices are up to standards.
Monitor presentations of resource personnel and make recommendations to ensure materials and information provided are appropriate and effective for trainees. Maintain inventory of supplies and training materials.
Perform minor maintenance on custodial equipment. Train employees how to operate and make minor repairs of all custodial equipment such as vacuums, wet vacuums, scrubbers, walk behind scrubber, ride on scrubber, carpet extractor and high-speed burnishing.
Set up and operate video playback equipment used in training programs. Keep time and attendance records on trainee to ensure that assigned schools and custodial area supervisors are kept informed as to trainees’ attendance and/or performance. Evaluate trainee at the completion of a course. Request follow up evaluation after six weeks of on-the-job performance.
Assist trainees to resolve transportation and/or related problems, as needed. Keep training records and, with the aid of clerical assistance, prepare a variety of support documents such as timecards, name tags, time sheets and certificates of completion.
Assist Facilities Operations supervisory staff on special assignments and projects.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
Education, Training and Experience:
Possession of a high school diploma or an appropriate equivalent.
Five years of increasingly responsible building services experience, three of which must have been equivalent to that of a Building Operations Supervisor.
Licenses And Certificates
Possession of a stationary engineer’s license, issued by the Maryland State Board of Stationary Engineers, is preferred.
Maryland Class C Driver’s License required and must be maintained throughout employment in this position.
Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities
Requires the ability to keep records and organize training material.
General knowledge of air conditioning and boiler plant operation.
Ability to present and interpret a wide variety of policies, procedures, and technical data pertinent to building operations and maintenance.
Requires excellent communication and human relations skills that allow for regular contact with school principals and Operations’ supervisory staff to furnish information relating to the availability and evaluation of trainees.
Physical And Environmental Conditions
The work of this class entails the performance of heavy physical labor including frequent walking, standing, stooping, lifting and carrying objects of moderate to heavy weight. Position requires the use and handling of tools and equipment. Duties require travel to sites throughout Baltimore County.
Conditions Of Employment
Employees in this classification are designated as Essential-As-Needed Personnel and are required to work when schools and/or offices are closed during adverse weather conditions or any other emergency when contacted and directed to do so.
Although this position requires the employee to primarily work a second shift schedule, there will be times when working first shift will be required.
SALARY: Grade 08 on the AFSCME Payscale ($23.80 - $35.86 per hour)
Visit the BCPS Office of Payroll website for additional information on pay scales, other compensation and leave accruals at https://www.bcps.org/fiscalservices/payroll.
Other Compensation
This position may also be eligible for shift differential and longevity as per the AFSME Master Agreement and Memorandum of Understanding. Visit the BCPS website for additional information at https://www.bcps.org/cms/One.aspx?portalId=2828&pageId=69996497.
Eligible for the Baltimore County Employees’ Retirement System
FLSA: Non-exempt
This position is eligible for overtime and/or compensatory time under FLSA.
BENEFITS: BCPS offers a comprehensive benefits program for eligible employees including options for medical plans, dental plans, vision, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, disability coverage, and 403(b)/457 plans. Other benefits include sick, paid holidays, personal business, and bereavement days, and flexible leave options such as FMLA, sick bank, and board approved leaves. All new hires will attend a benefits and retirement orientation upon hire.
Visit the BCPS website for additional information about benefit plans for BCPS employees at
https://www.bcps.org/hr/compliance/benefits_and_retirement
NON-DISCRIMINATION STATEMENT
The Board of Education of Baltimore County does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability, or veteran status in matters affecting employment or in providing access to educational programs or activates and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. Inquiries regarding the Board’s nondiscrimination policies should be directed to: EEC Officer, Officer of Equal Employment Opportunity, Baltimore County Public Schools, 6901 Charles Street, Building B, Towson, Maryland 21204 (443-809-8937)
Application Instructions
Please read and carefully follow the instructions provided below.
Rosetta Burks, HR Analyst
Towson, Maryland 21204
Phone: 443-809-7872
Fax: 410-887-7876
JOB TITLE: Instructor, Custodial Trainer
REPORTS TO: Senior Operations Supervisor, Special Services
TITLE CODE: J4221
SCHEDULE: Full Time
DEFINITION: To develop, coordinate, and conduct the custodial training program.
Examples Of Duties
Develop and/or modify lesson plans which ensure adequate coverage of custodial training including, but not limited to instruction in basic sanitation, housekeeping, stripping, waxing, buffing, minor maintenance, building security, and basic operation of heating, ventilating, and air conditioning equipment.
Facilitate the assistance of experts in various maintenance and operations functions where resource personnel are available and where their expertise is applicable to the program. Set up custodial training workshops for current and new employees and arrange for appropriate training facilities.
May complete onsite training at schools which may vary across geographic areas. Complete follow-up visits with trainees to ensure that custodial housekeeping practices are up to standards.
Monitor presentations of resource personnel and make recommendations to ensure materials and information provided are appropriate and effective for trainees. Maintain inventory of supplies and training materials.
Perform minor maintenance on custodial equipment. Train employees how to operate and make minor repairs of all custodial equipment such as vacuums, wet vacuums, scrubbers, walk behind scrubber, ride on scrubber, carpet extractor and high-speed burnishing.
Set up and operate video playback equipment used in training programs. Keep time and attendance records on trainee to ensure that assigned schools and custodial area supervisors are kept informed as to trainees’ attendance and/or performance. Evaluate trainee at the completion of a course. Request follow up evaluation after six weeks of on-the-job performance.
Assist trainees to resolve transportation and/or related problems, as needed. Keep training records and, with the aid of clerical assistance, prepare a variety of support documents such as timecards, name tags, time sheets and certificates of completion.
Assist Facilities Operations supervisory staff on special assignments and projects.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
Education, Training and Experience:
Possession of a high school diploma or an appropriate equivalent.
Five years of increasingly responsible building services experience, three of which must have been equivalent to that of a Building Operations Supervisor.
Licenses And Certificates
Possession of a stationary engineer’s license, issued by the Maryland State Board of Stationary Engineers, is preferred.
Maryland Class C Driver’s License required and must be maintained throughout employment in this position.
Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities
Requires the ability to keep records and organize training material.
General knowledge of air conditioning and boiler plant operation.
Ability to present and interpret a wide variety of policies, procedures, and technical data pertinent to building operations and maintenance.
Requires excellent communication and human relations skills that allow for regular contact with school principals and Operations’ supervisory staff to furnish information relating to the availability and evaluation of trainees.
Physical And Environmental Conditions
The work of this class entails the performance of heavy physical labor including frequent walking, standing, stooping, lifting and carrying objects of moderate to heavy weight. Position requires the use and handling of tools and equipment. Duties require travel to sites throughout Baltimore County.
Conditions Of Employment
Employees in this classification are designated as Essential-As-Needed Personnel and are required to work when schools and/or offices are closed during adverse weather conditions or any other emergency when contacted and directed to do so.
Although this position requires the employee to primarily work a second shift schedule, there will be times when working first shift will be required.
SALARY: Grade 08 on the AFSCME Payscale ($23.80 - $35.86 per hour)
Visit the BCPS Office of Payroll website for additional information on pay scales, other compensation and leave accruals at https://www.bcps.org/fiscalservices/payroll.
Other Compensation
This position may also be eligible for shift differential and longevity as per the AFSME Master Agreement and Memorandum of Understanding. Visit the BCPS website for additional information at https://www.bcps.org/cms/One.aspx?portalId=2828&pageId=69996497.
Eligible for the Baltimore County Employees’ Retirement System
FLSA: Non-exempt
This position is eligible for overtime and/or compensatory time under FLSA.
BENEFITS: BCPS offers a comprehensive benefits program for eligible employees including options for medical plans, dental plans, vision, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, disability coverage, and 403(b)/457 plans. Other benefits include sick, paid holidays, personal business, and bereavement days, and flexible leave options such as FMLA, sick bank, and board approved leaves. All new hires will attend a benefits and retirement orientation upon hire.
Visit the BCPS website for additional information about benefit plans for BCPS employees at
https://www.bcps.org/hr/compliance/benefits_and_retirement
NON-DISCRIMINATION STATEMENT
The Board of Education of Baltimore County does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability, or veteran status in matters affecting employment or in providing access to educational programs or activates and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. Inquiries regarding the Board’s nondiscrimination policies should be directed to: EEC Officer, Officer of Equal Employment Opportunity, Baltimore County Public Schools, 6901 Charles Street, Building B, Towson, Maryland 21204 (443-809-8937)
Application Instructions
Please read and carefully follow the instructions provided below.
- Applicants are required to have a completed application on file for employment with the Baltimore County Public Schools.
- Professional references must be submitted to complete your application. Examples of professional references include current and former principals, supervisors, managers, mentor teachers and university/college supervisors. Personal references from colleagues, friends, community members, etc. will not be accepted.
- Be sure to account for all periods of employment and unemployment, including student teaching and internship experience, and include names, addresses, and telephone numbers of employers.
- Be sure to answer all criminal background questions. If you answer "yes" to any of the criminal background questions you must provide a written explanation. A criminal offense does not necessarily exclude an applicant from employment with BCPS. Factors such as passage of time since the offense, the nature of the violation, and the extent of rehabilitation will be taken into consideration.
- All persons employed by the Baltimore County Public Schools, regular and temporary, are required to be fingerprinted and have a criminal background investigation (per COMAR) completed. The fee charged for fingerprinting is $109. An identification card will be issued which must be shown prior to employment.
- Anyone offered employment is required to provide proper identification and documentation of eligibility for employment in the US.
- If you have military experience you will be asked to provide a copy of DD214.
- Official transcripts for all higher education must be received prior to contract signing.
- Some positions will require employees to undergo a physical examination and/or drug testing.
- All newly hired personnel must attend a Benefits session.
- Additional job verification will be required for salary credit.
Rosetta Burks, HR Analyst
Towson, Maryland 21204
Phone: 443-809-7872
Fax: 410-887-7876
Salary : $24 - $36
