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

Blue Chip Pros•Lafayette, LA

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 area of assignment. The role includes cleaning and sanitizing rooms, bathrooms, floors, hallways, lobbies, stairs, water fountains, furniture, food courts, and outdoor areas. Cleaners follow established procedures for handling cleaning solutions and equipment, inspect completed work, and report problems to a supervisor. Additional duties may include floor care and carpet cleaning.

Requirements

Knowledge of basic janitorial work, methods, materials, and equipment.
Knowledge of basic safe work practices and the use of toxic and non-toxic chemicals according to MSDS sheets.
Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
Ability to 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; equipment operation; 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 perform overhead reaching throughout the shift and use sight, depth perception, and hand-eye coordination for cleaning tasks and safe equipment and tool operation.

Responsibilities

High-dust surfaces above shoulder height, including lights, vents, and ledges.
Sanitize surfaces below shoulder height and spot-clean fingerprints, smudges, and windows.
Clean bathrooms, including sinks and toilets; check and refill soap and paper dispensers as needed.
Empty trash cans, wipe them when needed, and replace liners.
Dust mop or vacuum floors, including beneath furniture, and sanitize floors.
Clean outdoor areas by emptying ash urns and trash cans, removing litter and gum, spot-cleaning spills, and wiping benches, vending machines, and window ledges.
Clean public common areas, including hallways, glass, and planters; check for cobwebs and debris.
Clean and sanitize food-court tables, remove trash, spot-clean spills, return chairs to tables, and clean and stack trays using a tray power washer.
Inspect completed rooms, check furniture placement, and make corrections as needed.
Clean halls, lobbies, stairs, water fountains, and furniture, and perform wall spotting and high dusting daily.
Interact courteously with customers, answer questions or refer them to someone who can, and work quietly.
Report broken or out-of-order items and unfinished assignments to a supervisor.
Maintain a clean and neat personal appearance and remain in the assigned work area unless directed otherwise.
Perform other duties as assigned or directed by a supervisor or Account Manager, which may include stripping and waxing floors, carpet extraction and bonneting, and floor auto-scrubbing and buffing.