General Cleaner Academy Sport Decatur M,W,F,S AM

Blue Chip Pros•Decatur, AL

12d

About The Position

The General Cleaner performs a variety of cleaning activities in assigned buildings and facilities, keeping them clean, sanitary, and orderly, and performs other tasks related to the assigned area. Duties may also include floor care such as stripping and waxing floors, carpet extraction and bonneting, and floor auto-scrubbing and buffing, as assigned by a supervisor or Account Manager. The role includes cleaning rooms, bathrooms, floors, hallways, lobbies, stairs, water fountains, furniture, public common areas, food-court areas, and outdoor grounds. The cleaner is expected to follow cleaning procedures, use appropriate chemicals and equipment safely, inspect completed work, and provide courteous service to customers while maintaining a neat personal appearance.

Requirements

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

Responsibilities

High-dust surfaces above shoulder height, including lights, vents, curtain tips, and ledges.
Sanitize surfaces below shoulder height and spot-clean fingerprints, smudges, and windows using appropriate solutions.
Clean bathrooms, including sinks, toilets, soap dispensers, and paper dispensers; refill dispensers as needed.
Empty trash cans, clean them when necessary, and replace liners.
Dust or vacuum floors, including under furniture, and clean and dispose of dust appropriately.
Clean and inspect outdoor areas, including ash urns, trash cans, sidewalks, flower beds, curb lines, benches, vending machines, window ledges, public-area glass, and parking lots.
Dust mop and spot mop public hallways; clean glass and planters, and check for cobwebs and debris in common areas.
Clean and sanitize food-court tables, spot-clean spills, empty trash cans, collect and wash dirty trays using a tray power washer, and police outdoor eating areas.
Sanitize floors using the proper germicidal solution, working from the back of the room toward the exit and cleaning under furniture and behind doors.
Inspect completed rooms, check furniture placement, and make corrections as needed.
Clean halls, lobbies, stairs, water fountains, and furniture; perform wall spotting and high dusting daily.
Treat customers courteously, answer questions or refer them to someone who can, and work quietly to minimize noise.
Report broken or out-of-order items to a supervisor and report incomplete assignments at the end of a shift.
Remain in the assigned work area unless directed elsewhere by a supervisor; maintain a clean and neat personal appearance.
Perform other duties as assigned, potentially including floor stripping and waxing, carpet extraction and bonneting, and floor auto-scrubbing and buffing.