Floating School Custodian

HCSDK8 • Hillsborough, CA

30d • Onsite

About The Position

Under principal’s supervision, cleans and maintains assigned school areas, keeping them in a clean, orderly and secure condition.

Requirements

• Reading instructions, gauges and/or tapes is important.
• The nature of the essential tasks requires many physical movements. The custodian typically stands, climbs, walks, lifts and carries, bends, pushes/pulls, reaches and stretches and grasps objects with finer, hand wrist and arm involvement.
• Manual dexterity required necessitates well-developed eye/hand coordination.
• Gross motor activity involving muscles is part of the job.
• Regular communication between principal and custodian or teacher and custodian is essential.
• It is necessary for the custodian to hear information and respond in an appropriate and timely manner.
• Clarity of vision is important.
• The custodian often works alone on his her tasks, so he/she needs to be self-motivated.
• There is interaction with supervisory staff, teachers, students and parents, so interaction with other occurs often.
• This job requires performing a variety of duties daily, attending tolerances for working around children and taking directions well from supervisors.

Responsibilities

• Dust, sweep, clean, scrub, wax, polish and mop floors in classrooms, multi-purpose room, bathrooms and offices.
• Wash and scrub walls, lavatory fixtures, windows, painted surfaces and drinking fountains.
• Service soap dispensers, towel dispensers.
• Sweep and hose concrete or blacktop, sidewalks and playground areas, rake tanbark and or sand under playground equipment.
• Replace incandescent bulbs, reset fuses, move and adjust desks, table and chairs.
• Lock and unlock doors and gates/windows.
• Gather and dispose of paper, rubbish and debris, empty, wash and line refuse containers and wastepaper baskets.
• Make minor repairs to buildings, equipment, furniture and small appliances. Can include touch up paint, for example.
• Keep simple records relative to items uses and required.
• Perform a variety of custodial duties scheduled and required by site administrator.
• Assist maintenance personnel or groundskeepers in duties common to the school.
• Open and secure site on a regular basis, including special events set-ups.
• Report observed safety, sanitary or fire hazards to site administrator.
• Shampoo carpets.
• Repair equipment.
• Move classroom furniture, school supplies, school deliveries and school mail.
• Reading instructions, gauges and/or tapes is important.
• Inspect play equipment daily.
• Label all containers to CAL/OSHA specifications.
• Other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed