Elementary School Custodian

HILLSBOROUGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

CUSTODIAN

General Description: Under principal’s supervision, cleans and maintains assigned school areas, keeping them in a clean, orderly and secure condition.

Essential Functions:

1. Dust, sweep, clean, scrub, wax, polish and mop floors in classrooms, multi-purpose room, bathrooms and offices.

2. Wash and scrub walls, lavatory fixtures, windows, painted surfaces and drinking fountains.

3. Service soap dispensers, towel dispensers.

4. Sweep and hose concrete or blacktop, sidewalks and playground areas, rake tanbark and or sand under playground equipment.

5. Replace incandescent bulbs, reset fuses, move and adjust desks, table and chairs.

6. Lock and unlock doors and gates/windows.

7. Gather and dispose of paper, rubbish and debris, empty, wash and line refuse containers and wastepaper baskets.

8. Make minor repairs to buildings, equipment, furniture and small appliances. Can include touch up paint, for example.

9. Keep simple records relative to items uses and required.

10. Perform a variety of custodial duties scheduled and required by site administrator.

11. Assist maintenance personnel or groundskeepers in duties common to the school.

12. Open and secure site on a regular basis, including special events set-ups.

13. Report observed safety, sanitary or fire hazards to site administrator.

14. Shampoo carpets.

15. Repair equipment.

16. Move classroom furniture, school supplies, school deliveries and school mail.

17. Reading instructions, gauges and/or tapes is important.

18. Inspect play equipment daily.

19. Label all containers to CAL/OSHA specifications.

20. Other duties as assigned.

Tools/Equipment:

Vacuum, mop, broom, sponges, buckets, blower, buffer, cleaning solvents, toweling, dust cloths, plastic bags, moving dolly, small hand tools (pliers, hammer, plunger).

Physical Demand:

The nature of the essential tasks requires many physical movements. The custodian typically stands, climbs, walks, lifts and carries, bends, pushes/pulls, reaches and stretches and grasps objects with finer, hand wrist and arm involvement. The manual dexterity required necessitates well-developed eye/hand coordination. Gross motor activity involving muscles is part of the job.

Vision/Hearing—Speech and Language Process:

Although tasks are often done alone, regular communication between principal and custodian or teacher and custodian is essential. It is necessary for the custodian to hear information and respond in an appropriate and timely manner. Clarity of vision is important.

Environmental Conditions:

This geographic area has temperate climatic conditions. The custodian’s tasks do require much outdoor work, so he/she may be exposed to some inclement weather, but this would be infrequently. No vibrations, hazards or polluted atmospheric conditions are present. One school is located in a flood plain, but there are contingency emergency plans for such situation.

Human Relations Characteristics:

The custodian often works alone on his her tasks, so he/she needs to be self-motivated. There is interaction with supervisory staff, teachers, students and parents, so interaction with other occurs often.

Temperaments:

This job requires performing a variety of duties daily, attending tolerances for working around children and taking directions well from supervisors.

*Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the above stated essential functions.