Janitor II - Hilo-Waiakea Complex Area

Hawaii State Department of Education•CA Hilo-Waiakea, HI

9d•Onsite

About The Position

This posting will be used to fill various Janitor II positions at the specified location. The Janitor II role involves a range of custodial and grounds maintenance duties to ensure the cleanliness and upkeep of school facilities. Responsibilities include cleaning interiors, maintaining grounds, performing simple repairs, operating cleaning equipment, and managing janitorial supplies. Temporary positions may be extended and can lead to permanent opportunities, offering eligibility for promotion and transfer, as well as certain benefits afforded to permanent employees.

Requirements

No experience is required
Applicants may describe in their application any training and/or work experiences that they possess in one or a combination of the following areas: (a) Janitorial or related custodial work such as sweeping, dusting and cleaning of buildings; (b) Grounds maintenance work experience including such activities as cleaning, watering, fertilizing, trimming, mowing, sweeping and raking; (c) General laboring experience such as moving materials, furniture and equipment; l oading and unloading trucks; carrying, unloading and stacking tools and supplies for skilled craftsman; and digging trenches and ditches.

Responsibilities

Sweeps and mops floors, hallways, stairways and classrooms
Wipes, dusts and polishes furniture and metal work
Cleans woodwork, walls, venetian blinds, electrical fixtures and windows and other places which are not easily accessible
Mops, cleans, disinfects and services lavatories and restrooms
Cleans water fountains and wash basins
Waters, rakes, weeds and spreads top soil on lawns
Mows areas not accessible to gang power mowers
Picks up rubbish, leaves and other refuse
Assists in trimming and pruning hedges, trees and shrubbery
Assists in planting and fertilizing shrubbery, grass and flowers
Assists in propagating and transplanting young plants and shoots
Moves and transports heavy objects such as office and classroom furniture, benches, platforms and refuse disposal barrels
Loads, unloads and distributes school and janitorial supplies and equipment
Replaces toilet floats, faucets, fluorescent and standard light bulbs and fuses
Makes simple repairs to doors, windows, jalousies, stairways, venetian blinds, chairs, sprinkler systems and other school facilities and equipment
Operates heavy-duty industrial cleaning equipment such as vacuum cleaners, scrubbing machines and floor polishers
Removes spots and stains from carpets and may operate a shampoo machine to clean carpets
May be in charge of janitorial supplies and equipment for the school and assist in taking inventories of such supplies and equipment