About The Position

The General Cleaner performs a variety of cleaning activities in assigned buildings and facilities to keep them clean, sanitary, and orderly, along with other tasks related to the assignment. Duties include cleaning and sanitizing surfaces, bathrooms, floors, public common areas, food court areas, and outdoor grounds. The cleaner follows safe work practices and chemical instructions, operates janitorial equipment, inspects completed work, and provides courteous service to customers. Other assigned duties may include floor stripping and waxing, carpet extraction and bonneting, and floor auto-scrubbing and buffing.

Requirements

  • Knowledge of basic janitorial operations, methods, materials, equipment, and safe work practices.
  • Knowledge of the use of toxic and non-toxic chemicals, including following MSDS sheets and chemical warning labels.
  • Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
  • Ability to communicate sufficiently with coworkers and supervisors.
  • Ability to operate powered and non-powered janitorial equipment.
  • Ability to maintain the physical condition required for assigned duties, including extended walking, standing, or sitting; lifting and carrying 1–30 pounds; pushing and pulling with 5–35 pounds of force; climbing stairs and ladders; bending, twisting, balancing, kneeling, crouching, and crawling; and reaching, handling, grasping, and fingering.
  • Ability to perform overhead reaching throughout the shift and to use sight, depth perception, and hand-eye coordination for cleaning and safe equipment operation.

Responsibilities

  • High-dust surfaces above shoulder height, including lights, vents, ledges, and window areas, using a treated high duster.
  • Sanitize and spot-clean surfaces below shoulder height, and remove fingerprints, smudges, and window spots using appropriate cleaning solutions.
  • Clean bathrooms, including sinks and toilets; check and refill soap and paper dispensers daily.
  • Empty trash cans, wipe them if needed, and replace liners.
  • Dust mop or vacuum floors, including under furniture, and clean mopheads and dispose of collected dust.
  • Clean outdoor areas, including ash urns, trash cans, sidewalks, flower beds, curbs, benches, vending machines, window ledges, glass, and parking lots; remove gum and spot-clean spills.
  • Maintain public common areas by dust mopping and spot mopping hallways, cleaning glass, maintaining planters, and checking corners and window areas for dirt and cobwebs.
  • Clean and sanitize food court tables, return chairs to their places, remove dirty trays for washing, stack clean trays, empty trash, and police outdoor eating areas.
  • Sanitize floors using the proper germicidal solution, cleaning under furniture and behind doors.
  • Inspect completed rooms, check furniture placement, and correct issues as needed.
  • Clean halls, lobbies, stairs, water fountains, and furniture; perform wall spotting and high dusting daily.
  • Knock before entering an occupied room, interact courteously with customers, answer or refer questions, report broken or out-of-order items, work quietly, and remain in the assigned area unless directed otherwise.
  • Maintain a neat personal appearance and report to the supervisor if assigned work is incomplete at the end of the shift.
  • Perform other duties as assigned, which may include floor care and carpet cleaning.
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