Evening Custodian

Carthage School District R9Carthage, MO
Onsite

About The Position

The Custodian is responsible for maintaining school facilities to be clean, attractive, and safe for all who enter. The goal is to provide students with a comfortable, healthy, and efficient place in which to learn, play, and develop.

Requirements

  • Must be clean, neat, and professional.
  • Must possess the initiative to work steadily and effectively without immediate supervision.
  • Must be able to communicate effectively with others.
  • Must be able to lift at least 75 pounds.
  • Minimum physical requirements include lifting, standing, sitting, squatting, walking, working while lying on back or side, in close quarters, underground, or high elevations.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain school facilities that are clean, attractive, and safe.
  • Provide students with a comfortable, healthy, and efficient place in which to learn, play, and develop.
  • Set up tables, chairs, and other articles for events.
  • Replace light bulbs and fluorescent tubes.
  • Know the location and proper use of all fire and safety equipment.
  • Clean and store all tools and equipment after use.
  • Receive deliveries and store items.
  • Keep building and premises neat and clean.
  • Regulate heat, ventilation, and air conditioning systems.
  • Shovel, plow, and sand walks, driveways, parking areas, and steps.
  • Check daily to ensure exit doors and panic bolts are working properly.
  • Raise and lower the United States flag.
  • Sweep classrooms daily and dust furniture.
  • Clean corridors.
  • Scrub, hose down, and disinfect toilet floors daily, and clean all sanitary fixtures and drinking fountains daily.
  • Wash all windows on both the inside and outside.
  • Keep the grounds free from rubbish.
  • Perform yardkeeping chores such as grass cutting and tree trimming.
  • Keep all floors in a clean and attractive condition and in a good state of preservation.
  • Clean all chalkboards and erasers.
  • Make minor building repairs.
  • Report major repairs needed promptly.
  • Maintain on a regular schedule all motors and other mechanical equipment requiring scheduled servicing.
  • Report immediately any damage to school property.
  • Remain on the school premises during school hours and when required during non-school hours.
  • Be responsible for the opening and closing of the building each school day and ensure all doors and windows are secured and lights are turned off.
  • Keep an inventory of supplies and equipment and requisition needed replacements.
  • Conduct an ongoing program of general maintenance, upkeep, and repair.
  • Move furniture or equipment within buildings as required.
  • Clean all trash cans and replace liners daily.
  • Comply with local laws and procedures for the storage and disposal of trash, rubbish, and waste.
  • Conduct periodic inspections and tests of all electrical installations.
  • Assist or fill in temporarily on other jobs.
  • Scrub, strip, and wax floors as needed.
  • Shampoo carpeted areas as needed.
  • Paint (including touch-up).
  • Replace ceiling tile and floor tile as needed.
  • Keep up-to-date inspections on boilers, playground equipment, fire extinguishers, and emergency lighting.
  • Assist in all summer maintenance and cleaning requests.
  • Perform any other duties as directed by those in authority.
  • Comply with all local school board, city, state, and federal laws, regulations, and policies.
  • Comply with any reasonable oral or written directive of supervisors.
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