Job Title: 

Transportation, Maintenance, & Operations – Facilities Custodian

Salary Scale: 

Timesheet

Work Days: 

255 Schedule

Reports To: 

School Principal or Designee

FLSA Status: 

Non-Exempt

Overview: 

The Custodian keeps the school building and school offices in clean, orderly, and sanitary condition.  As needed, the custodian moves furniture and equipment and provides set-up and take-down for school related activities and events.  Custodians also maintain a watchful eye over outside doors to ensure appropriate operation.  Custodians are responsible for noting and reporting building issues requiring maintenance or repair.

Education Required: 

Less than high school education; or up to one month related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Qualifications: 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The essential duties listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

Essential Duties: 

• Sweeps, mops, scrubs, wax, dust and vacuums assigned area(s).
• Scrubs and disinfects toilet doors daily and cleans drinking fountains, urinals, toilet bows, and other fixtures daily using such materials as will keep them in a clean and sanitary condition.
• Wash windows on both the inside and outside at least twice each year.
• To be on duty when events are scheduled outside of the regular school hours (if requested).
• Empties trash and garbage containers.
• Maintains building, performing minor and routine related cleaning activities.
• Notifies school officials concerning need for major repairs or additions to lighting, heating, and ventilating equipment.
• Cleans snow and debris from sidewalk.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the school principal or the Director of Facilities, Operations, & Maintenance.

Supervisory Duties: 

None assigned.

Physical Demands: 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Heavy physical labor.
• Climbing ladders.    
• Standing for extended periods of time.
• Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate various custodial equipment and tools.
• Lifting heavy objects.
• Pushing or pulling.
• Walking.
• Reaching overhead, above the shoulders and horizontally.
• Bending at the waist, kneeling or crouching.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.  The employee frequently is required to stand, climb or balance, talk or hear, and taste or smell.  The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include distance vision, and ability to adjust focus.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals; and outside weather conditions.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Job Evaluation: 

Performance on this job will be evaluated in accordance with school board policy and administrative regulations on evaluation of classified personnel.