Substitute Custodian

To complete the below task when called by a building principal to fill in for a custodian who is unable to work.

The purpose of the Custodian is to maintain a healthy and safe environment for both students and staff.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Clean the building including classrooms, locker rooms, restrooms, offices, and hallways by removing trash, vacuuming, mopping, sweeping, dusting, buffing, cleaning carpets, washing windows, and scrubbing floors and ceilings
• Maintain outside grounds by performing weed control, tree trimming, lawn mowing and edging; remove or report graffiti and vandalism; remove litter and empty trash receptacles; perform regular maintenance to outdoor playground equipment
• Order supplies for building staff, receive, unpack, store, and deliver instructional and custodial supplies to appropriate staff members
• Change light bulbs and perform minor repairs to building, furniture, and equipment including changing ceiling tiles
• Move, unpack, and assemble furniture and building equipment
• Secure building by locking/unlocking doors at appropriate times, recognizing and correcting unsafe security conditions or reporting conditions to the appropriate personnel or authorities
• Ensure that snow and ice are removed from entrances and side walks
• Serve as on-call emergency contact during non-working hours
• Set up for school programs, meetings, assemblies, special events, and after-hour functions as requested by the Building Principal and staff
• Perform HVAC preventative maintenance including filter changes and monitoring indoor air quality
• Ensure safety and functionality of the cafeteria prior to use by setting up tables, chairs, and trash receptacles. Check the cafeteria throughout the breakfast/lunch period to remove trash, sweep and/or mop up spills. Clean the cafeteria following lunch by removing trash, breaking down tables/chairs, sweeping and scrubbing floors, and cleaning walls and doors within the cafeteria
• All other duties as assigned by the Building Principal

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

• Be a person in good physical and mental health
• Be courteous, cooperative, neat, and clean in appearance
• Possess sufficient physical ability to do the work
• Possess and have full normal use of both hands, both arms, both feet, both legs, and both ears
• Be free from any communicable disease
• Be free from any mental, nervous, organic, or functional disease which might impair the person's ability to properly do the work
• Shall not abuse alcohol or controlled substances