General Helper

                                                           POSITION DESCRIPTION

Title:  General Helper

Purpose:  This position is responsible for the cleaning and upkeep of the vehicles and/or the facility.

Position reports to: Quality Control Inspector or Maintenance Supervisor on duty

Principal Job Functions:

1. Report to work daily at assigned time –

1. Cleans company vehicles -

• Carries supplies, including broom, mop, bucket of water
• Climbs up and down steps to enter and exit

-           Picks up trash, lifting, bending, reaching under seats

• Carries bags of trash from one vehicle to the next; throws full trash bags into trash buggy
• Sweeps floor, including twisting, reaching below waist, moving side to side
• Washes windows, including reaching above waist, waist level
• Cleans seats, including bending to wash sitting area
• Washes ceilings of vehicles, including reaching above head, moving arms side to side
• Dusts dashboard, including reaching around farebox
• Mops floor, including inserting mop into wringer, pushing handle to wring mop, moving mop from side to side, pushing, pulling
• Climbs ladder to wash vehicles
• Drives vehicles around the parking and servicing area

1. Cleans facility -

• Picking up trash, bending, reaching, carrying trash bag
• Sweeping floor, pushing broom, moving side to side

-       Directing mop bucket (on wheels), lifting bucket to empty water; inserting mop into wringer, pushing handle; mopping floor, moving side to side; using floor scrubber machine

• Steam cleaning bus parts, including picking up radiators, batteries, other parts weighing approximately 50-60 lbs; loading and unloading onto pallets
• Moving furniture, tables, boxes, supplies; including lifting, pushing, pulling objects weighing approximately 100 lbs.
• Moving 55 gallon drums of cleaning solutions, using 2-wheel dollies
• Changing bus tires, including maneuvering tires weighing 200-300 lbs; twisting and lifting to get into position; using tire impact gun weighing approximately 15 lbs, which causes vibration when in use
• Empties trash out of trash buggy, including reaching down into buggy and lifting large capacity trash bags (to fit 55 gallon drums)
• Lifts and empties oil and antifreeze drain pans (weighing approximately 50-85 lbs)

1. Upkeep of property -

            -           Picks up trash

• Cuts grass, using push mower
• Uses weed eater

1. Follows company safety rules –

• Uses appropriate equipment
• Reports unsafe vehicle condition
• Notifies supervisor of safety hazards in shop

Other Requirements (with or without reasonable accommodations)

• Attend work daily for assigned schedule
• Maintain effective working relationships with co-workers and customers
• Work any shift, and overtime as needed
• Works with little supervision
• Work in any weather conditions
• Must possess valid Commercial Drivers License and be able to operate all company vehicles
• Follow all traffic laws
• Practice all safety rules
• Follow written and verbal instructions
• Read and understand manuals and data sheets
• Complete reports
• Meet deadlines

The principal duties are intended to describe those functions that are essential to the performance of this job and must be performed unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation.  Other responsibilities are those functions which are considered incidental or secondary to the overall purpose of the job.  This job description does not imply that the above are the only duties assigned to the position.  Employees may be required to perform any other job-related duties as requested by management.