About The Position

The General Cleaner performs a variety of cleaning activities at assigned facilities, maintaining clean, sanitary, and orderly conditions, and completes other tasks related to the assignment. Duties include high dusting, sanitizing and spot cleaning, bathroom cleaning, emptying trash, dust mopping or vacuuming, floor sanitizing, and cleaning grounds, public common areas, and food court areas. The cleaner inspects completed rooms, maintains courteous customer relations, reports issues to a supervisor, and may perform other duties as assigned, including floor care.

Requirements

  • Knowledge of basic janitorial operations, methods, materials, and equipment.
  • Knowledge of basic safe work practices and the use of toxic and non-toxic chemicals in accordance with MSDS sheets.
  • Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions and communicate sufficiently with co-workers and supervisors.
  • Ability to operate powered and non-powered janitorial equipment.
  • Ability to interpret written instructions and warning labels on cleaning chemicals.
  • Ability to maintain the physical condition needed for assigned duties, including extended walking, standing, or sitting; lifting and carrying 1–30 lb. equipment, supplies, and trash; pushing and pulling with 5–35 lb. of force; climbing stairs and ladders; bending, twisting, balancing, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, handling, grasping, and fingering.
  • Sight, depth perception, and hand-eye coordination sufficient to perform cleaning tasks, operate equipment, use tools, and maintain safety standards.

Responsibilities

  • High-dust surfaces above shoulder height, including lights, vents, ledges, and window areas.
  • Sanitize and spot-clean surfaces, remove fingerprints and smudges, and spot-clean windows.
  • Clean bathrooms, including sinks and toilets; check and refill soap and paper dispensers as needed.
  • Empty trash cans, replace liners, and wipe cans if they contain liquid.
  • Dust mop or vacuum floors, including under furniture and in restrooms.
  • Clean exterior areas, including ash urns, trash cans, sidewalks, flower beds, curb lines, parking lots, benches, vending machines, and public-area glass; remove gum and spot-clean spills.
  • Clean public common areas by dust mopping and spot mopping hallways, cleaning glass and planters, and checking for cobwebs and debris.
  • Clean food court tables and eating areas, remove trash, sanitize surfaces, collect and wash trays using a tray power washer, and stack clean trays for reuse.
  • Sanitize floors using the proper germicidal solution, working under furniture and behind doors.
  • Inspect completed rooms, check furniture placement, and correct issues as needed.
  • Clean halls, lobbies, stairs, water fountains, and furniture, and perform wall spotting and high dusting daily.
  • Knock before entering an occupied room; interact with customers courteously and refer questions as needed.
  • Report broken or out-of-order items to a supervisor, work quietly, remain in the assigned area unless directed otherwise, and report incomplete assignments at the end of a shift.
  • Maintain a clean and neat personal appearance and perform other assigned duties, which may include floor stripping and waxing, carpet extraction and bonneting, and floor auto-scrubbing and buffing.
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