Custodian

Custodian

Reports to: Director of Buildings and Grounds

Primary Purpose: To provide necessary cleaning services; assist students, staff, and the overall facility to insure the occurrence of instructional events; and complete the tasks assigned under essential duties and responsibilities.

Qualifications: Minimum Education and/or Experience: High school diploma and one year of administrative support experience.

Essential Functions:

• Keeps buildings and premises, including sidewalks, driveways and play areas clean, safe, and neat at all times using appropriate methods and equipment.
• Familiarizes self with and complies with District policies and administrative regulations related to position. Complies with all requirements and procedures for use, storage and disposal of waste, cleaners, chemicals, and all other products and materials used in performing required duties.
• Notifies appropriate personnel of need to secure additional supplies to ensure sufficient inventory. Notifies appropriate personnel of any equipment failure or missing equipment. Notifies appropriate personnel of needed repairs or building maintenance concerns.
• Sweeps and wet mops Main Lobby, as needed and any/all areas during inclement weather where salt and other debris was tracked in at all times.
• Inspects all indoor common areas or other areas as assigned and as needed dusts, dry or wet mops, spot cleans, vacuums, removes trash and debris, changes lightbulbs, cleans boards or disinfects. Performs grounds keeping duties as assigned.
• Checks hall walls, lavatories, lockers, and removes all graffiti on a daily basis.
• Delivers supplies for classrooms as requested.
• Inspects grounds for debris daily and empties outdoor trash receptacles as needed.
• Cleans and disinfects fountains.
• Checks Lobby, office glass, and showcases daily and cleans all surfaces as needed. Cleans other glass indoors and out as assigned.
• Prepares the cafeteria daily to include, setting-up cafeteria tables, staging the mop and bucket, broom and dust pan for spills in Cafeterias, taking out garbage in the cafeteria and kitchen during lunches, assisting lunchroom aides as needed and, cleaning and mopping.
• Arranges designated facilities for all assemblies, programs and plays during the school day including seating, lighting, audio-visual needs, and anything else needed.
• Checks rest rooms on a daily basis for supplies and refills as needed. Cleans out refrigerators in faculty lounge, semi-annually.
• Responsible for summer cleaning including but not limited to stripping and waxing floors in the assigned areas. Cleaning of all assigned areas including lights, washing walls, cleaning faculty refrigerators.
• Distribute all school supplies and maintain exterior grounds as directed.
• Removes snow, spreads ice melt, and cleans up leaves.
• Responds to emergency situations, vandalism, power failures, storm damage, and water pipe failures.
• Unloads materials, supplies, and equipment when received.
• Performs all work in a professional, timely, and safe manner; uses appropriate safety equipment; and maintains tools and equipment in a safe and operating condition.
• Directs student, bus, and/or car traffic as required.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Performs in accordance with school policy, administrative regulations, state and federal laws.

Evaluation: Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with the provisions of the applicable policies of the Ringgold School District.

Ringgold School District provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.