Substitute - Custodian

Harwood Unified Union School District•Duxbury, VT

1d•Onsite

About The Position

To clean and perform routine housekeeping and maintenance of District buildings to provide a safe learning environment for students when the department has an absence.

Requirements

High school degree, or equivalent, plus 1 to 2 years of relevant experience preferred, or a combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and skills are acquired.
Commercial cleaning experience preferred.
Experience waxing and stripping floors, and using a scrubber, floor buffer, commercial vacuum and other floor machines also preferred.
Knowledge and skill related to routine housekeeping and maintenance work required.
Ability to read a limited number of two- and three-syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers.
Ability to print and speak simple sentences.
Good basic mathematical skills including ability to perform operations using units of weight measurement, volume and distance.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Ability to communicate courteously, efficiently and effectively with a variety of individuals, including students, faculty and staff, administrators, parents, and other school visitors.
Ability to work cooperatively, collaboratively and effectively with peers, supervisors, and school administrators.
Ability to effectively resolve conflicts.
Reliable transportation to work.
Regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel.
Frequently required to reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
Occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and talk or hear.
Must occasionally lift up to 60 pounds and move heavy gymnasium/cafeteria equipment (i.e. bleachers, tables, and the like).
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

Commercial cleaning experience preferred.
Experience waxing and stripping floors, and using a scrubber, floor buffer, commercial vacuum and other floor machines also preferred.

Responsibilities

Clean floors: vacuum, sweep, dust mop, wash, strip, wax, and buff.
Wash and clean windows, walls, chalkboards, trash cans, water fountains, and sinks.
Dust furniture, fixtures, woodwork.
Install and maintain bulletin boards and displays, and repair boards, artwork, frames, and displays.
Provide set-up and break down of cafeteria, gymnasium, auditorium, or other spaces for special events.
Empty trash receptacles and pick up litter in and around buildings.
Unload materials from delivery trucks.
Provide routine grass trimming and leaf raking near building entrances.
Monitor bicycle and vehicular traffic in the parking lot areas when necessary.
Clean and stock bathrooms, change and clean shower curtains.
Repair/replace ceiling tiles.
Clean windows; clean and repair window coverings.
Repair plumbing fixtures.
Replace light bulbs and change clocks.
Move furniture.
Do routine maintenance of electrical, heating and ventilating vents and fixtures (i.e. changing filters and the like), locks (i.e. oiling) and lockers.
Takes all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials and facilities.
Reports known safety hazards in the school to supervisor.
Available to support students and staff during evacuation drills and emergencies.