SIDNEY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
JOB DESCRIPTION

CUSTODIAN

Reports to: Building Principal and Maintenance Supervisor

Job Objectives:

Performs custodial and routine maintenance duties to protect and preserve the school building, grounds, equipment, and furnishings. Maintains high standards to ensure that a safe and orderly environment is maintained for educational and recreational activities. Uses each contact with the public as an opportunity to promote a positive impression of the school district.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent is preferred.
• Post-secondary technical/trade school graduate is preferred.
• Meets all mandated health requirements (e.g., a negative tuberculosis test, etc.).
• Provides documented evidence of a clear criminal record.
• School or closely related custodial experience is required.
• Ability to be self-directed and takes the initiative to evaluate deficiencies, set priorities, organize, and complete tasks independently.
• Ability to comply with Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and Public Employer Risk Reduction Act (PERRA) regulations.
• Knowledge of maintenance/custodial supplies and equipment.
• Ability to perform minor electrical, carpentry, plumbing, and mechanical repairs.
• Ability to operate and perform routine maintenance on lawn and snow removal equipment.

Responsibilities and Essential Functions:

The following skills and duties are representative of performance expectations. A reasonable accommodation may be made to enable a qualified individual with a disability to perform essential functions.

• Performs building security checks as directed. Monitors the performance of equipment. Recognizes when problems may be developing. Immediately corrects or reports suspected malfunctions and unsafe conditions.
• Checks daily to find out if a school activity requires preparation or clean up.
• Performs regular inspections to ensure that custodial equipment is in safe operating condition.
• Maintains an inventory of essential custodial supplies. Anticipates needs and replenishes supplies to avoid interrupting the regular work schedule. Monitors and reports the effectiveness of custodial products.
• Performs custodial and routine maintenance activities necessary to maintain safe and sanitary conditions. Establishes priorities. Enforces rules of good housekeeping. Provides for the regular and orderly removal of trash.
• Completes assignments in-progress. Consults with the building principal and maintenance supervisor to resolve scheduling conflicts and to ensure a timely response to staff requests. Avoids disrupting building activities except during emergencies. Keeps current with required reports.
• Keeps supervisors informed about work progress, completed projects, and emerging building issues.
• Informs the office when working outside the building or leaving the grounds.
• Sweeps, mops, strips, and waxes floors. Vacuums and power cleans carpets. Cleans and sanitizes toilet rooms, locker rooms, and showers. Empties and sanitizes trash containers. Resupplies toilet paper, feminine hygiene products, towels, and soap dispensers. Empties pencil sharpeners, removes cobwebs, cleans windows and mirrors. Washes chalkboards and trays. Dusts, cleans, and polishes furniture/woodwork.
• Follows approved safety procedures to clean up accidents involving chemicals, solvents, blood, body fluids and/or body tissues. Participates in occupational safety and health in-service training as directed.
• Deals with unexpected situations (e.g., ill children, spills, broken glass, etc.).
• Makes minor repairs that do not unduly disrupt the routine work schedule (e.g., installs pencil sharpeners, oils hinges, cleans drains, lubricates motors, replaces fuses, installs light bulbs, removes graffiti, touch-up painting, simple repairs to floor machines and vacuums, fixes loose screws and fittings on tables, chairs, and doors, etc.).
• Monitors and regulates the building’s heating and ventilating equipment.
• Helps other custodians and/or maintenance staff address unexpected circumstances or pressing district needs as directed.
• Helps with the receipt of deliveries. Unloads trucks. Inspects packages for damage. Verifies quantities. Organizes and stores supplies.
• Cleans, moves, and arranges furnishings, supplies, and equipment as directed.
• Anticipates and is prepared for fire, health, and safety inspections. Maintains clean, safe, and orderly work areas. Maintains clear routes to public exits to ensure the safe evacuation of the building. Escorts inspectors on tours as directed.
• Complies with MSDS, AHERA, EPA, OSHA, PERRA regulations. Ensures that custodial supplies are labeled and safely stored.
• Helps coach new and temporary employees in procedures to effectively accomplish their duties and the proper precautions to prevent injuries.
• Immediately reports all accidents. Follows prescribed first aid policies and procedures. Promptly documents all accidents and injuries that require a medical referral. Implements recommended preventive safety measures.
• Removes snow, ice, and debris along sidewalks to public entrances.
• Picks up and delivers equipment, materials, and other supplies as directed.
• Immediately reports all traffic citations incurred during the performance of assigned duties to the building principal and maintenance supervisor.
• Learns operating and maintenance procedures for all custodial equipment. Keeps current with advances in equipment technology. Shares knowledge and skills with appropriate staff.
• Helps prepare and maintain equipment inventories as directed.
• Recommends procedures and equipment that enhance safety, contribute to effective building operations, improve productivity, and conserve district resources.
• Monitors and reports safety concerns (e.g., missing fire extinguishers, burnt out exit lights, defective doors and panic bars, damaged electrical outlets, etc.).
• Acts responsibly to protect district equipment and property. Takes appropriate action during emergencies and/or adverse weather conditions (e.g., closes windows, resets fire alarms, secures the building, turns off utility services, etc.).
• Helps with the management of building security. Refers visitors to the principal’s office. Reports trespassers. Turns off lights and close windows. Ensures that the building and work areas are properly secured at the end of the work day.
• Opens, monitors, protects, and closes the building for district-sponsored or authorized community group activities as directed.
• Makes reasonable provisions to respond to building emergencies at any hour when requested by the superintendent, building principal, or maintenance supervisor.
• Strives to develop rapport with students, staff, parents, and the public.
• Responds to requests and complaints promptly and tactfully.
• Offers and accepts constructive suggestions diplomatically.
• Respects the personal confidences and privacy needs of individuals.
• Reports student discipline problems, vandalism, or other related concerns to the building principal and/or maintenance supervisor.
• Reports evidence of suspected child abuse as required by law.
• Promotes a positive image of the custodial department. Maintains a clean neat appearance and wears appropriate work attire.
• Participates in staff meetings and professional growth activities as directed.
• Serves as a role model for students. Demonstrates personal integrity, responsibility, impartiality, respect, and courtesy.
• Performs other specific job-related duties as directed.

Abilities Required:

• Demonstrates professionalism and exemplary personal conduct.
• Uses interpersonal skills to promote a favorable image of the school district.
• Works cooperatively to support a successful team effort.
• Expresses ideas effectively using verbal, nonverbal, and writing skills.
• Intervenes to avert problem situations and resolve conflicts.
• Travels to meetings and work assignments.
• Reads and interprets regulations, manuals, instructions, diagrams, etc.
• Organizes and manages time effectively. Reacts productively to interruptions
• and changing conditions.
• Analyzes information. Prepares and maintains records.
• Measures and computes mathematical formulas to calibrate equipment, mix chemicals, determine quantities, etc.
• Walks and/or stands for extended periods.
• Performs strenuous physical activities.
• Lifts, carries, and/or moves maintenance supplies and equipment. Helps others with heavy objects. Reaches and lifts overhead items.
• Climbs and works from a ladder, scaffold, platform, or other equipment that requires balancing skills.
• Works in confined spaces such as a crawl space, catwalk, or other areas that limit movement.
• Performs activities that require stooping, kneeling, and/or crouching.
• Discerns sound variances in equipment.
• Maintains an acceptable attendance record and is punctual.

Supervisory Responsibility:

Under the direction of the building principal and/or maintenance supervisor: provides instructions and communicates expectations to assigned substitutes, seasonal/temporary employees, and job trainees.

Working Conditions:

Exposure to the following conditions may range from remote to frequent based on circumstances and factors that may not be predictable.

• Potential for exposure to blood borne pathogens and communicable diseases.
• Interaction with disruptive and/or unruly individuals.
• Exposure to student commotion.
• Exposure to adverse weather conditions and seasonal temperature extremes.
• Duties require operating and/or riding in a vehicle.
• Duties require operating power tools and motorized equipment.
• Duties may require considerable paperwork.
• Duties may require working under time constraints to meet deadlines.
• Duties may require working during the evening and/or weekend.
• Exposure to personal hygiene products and medications.
• Exposure to air borne particulates, vapors, and odors.
• Exposure to loud noises and equipment vibrations.
• Duties may require contact with oily/greasy tools and equipment.
• Duties may require wearing protective clothing and/or safety equipment.

Performance Evaluation:

Job performance is evaluated according to the policy provisions adopted by the Sidney City School District Board of Education.

The Sidney City School District Board of Education is an equal opportunity employer offering employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability. The board requires that employees comply with the statutory responsibilities cited in the Ohio Revised Code, the rules and regulations of the Ohio Department of Education, and all local and Federal mandates. This job description does not imply that these are the only duties and responsibilities to be performed. This job description is subject to change in response to funding variables, emerging technologies, improved operating procedures, productivity factors, and unforeseen events.