Substitute Custodian

Substitute Custodian

Clean and maintain buildings, to ensure all students, staff, and the community are provided a safe, attractive and clean, and healthy environment for learning and work.

Essential duties and responsibilities include:

A. Classrooms

• Empty wastebaskets and replace liners, as needed
• Spot clean desk tops and remove graffiti
• Clean and sanitize counters and sinks
• Dust mop all composite floors
• Spot mop composite floors with all-purpose cleaner
• Vacuum all carpet
• Spot clean carpet, as needed
• Vacuum walk-off mats
• Secure any exterior doors and windows and turn off lights before leaving

Weekly

• Dust horizontal surfaces to hand height (60") including desks, chairs, tables
• Sweep baseboards Damp clean window ledges
• Remove fingerprints from doors, frames, light switches, handles and railings
• Spot clean all glass
• Vacuum chalk rails and/or damp wipe
• Mop composite floors

Monthly

• High dust above hand height (60") horizontal surfaces, including shelves, pipes, moldings, etc. (reachable by 6 ft. ladder)
• Dust blinds

Semi-Annually

• Clean entire surface of student's desks and chairs
• Clean carpet to remove all stains, spills and soiled spots

Annually

• Refinish hallway floors
• Refinish all floors
• Clean carpeting to remove all stains, spills and soiled spots

B. Offices

Daily, as needed

Empty wastebaskets and replace liners, as needed

Dust furniture, including desks, chairs, tables, lamps, etc.

Dust interior window ledges

Dust telephones

Spot clean all windows and glass partitions to hand height (60")

Spot clean desk tops

Dust mop all composite floors (with chemically treated dust mop)

Spot mop composite floors with all-purpose cleaner

Vacuum carpet

Spot clean carpet to remove all stains, spills and soiled spots

Vacuum walk-off mats

Remove fingerprints from doors, frames, light switches, handles and railings

Weekly

• Low dust all horizontal surfaces to hand height (60")
• Damp clean baseboards
• Damp clean window ledges

Monthly

• High dust above hand height horizontal surfaces, including shelves, moldings, pipes, ducts, heating outlets, etc. (reachable by 6 ft. ladder)
• Dust blinds

Semi-Annual

• Clean entire surface of student's desks and chairs
• Clean carpet to remove all stains, spills and soiled spots

Annually

• Refinish all floors
• Clean carpeting to remove all stains, spills and soiled spots

C. Teacher's Work Areas, Lounges and Copy Rooms

Daily, as needed

• Empty wastebaskets and replace liners, as needed
• Dust furniture, including desks, chairs, tables, lamps, etc.
• Dust interior window ledges
• Dust telephones
• Spot clean all window and glass partitions to hand height (60")
• Damp clean counter tops
• Dust mop all composite floors
• Spot mop composite floors with all-purpose cleaners
• Vacuum carpet
• Spot clean carpet to remove all stains spills, and soiled spots
• Vacuum walk-off mats
• Remove fingerprints from doors, frames, light switches, handles and railings

Weekly

• Replace all plastic lingers in waste receptacles
• Low dust all horizontal surfaces to hand height (60")
• Damp clean baseboards

Monthly

• High dust above hand height horizontal surfaces, including shelves, moldings, pipes, ducts, heating outlets, etc. (reachable by 6 ft. ladder)

Semi-Annual

• Clean entire surface of student's desks and chairs
• Clean carpet to remove all stains, spills and soiled spots

Annually

• Refinish all floors
• Clean carpeting to remove all stains, spills and soiled spots

D. Library/Computer Room

Daily, as needed

• Empty wastebaskets and replace liners, as needed
• Dust furniture, including desks, chairs, tables, lamps, etc.
• Dust interior window ledges
• Dust telephones
• Spot clean all windows and glass partitions to hand height (60")
• Spot clean desk tops
• Dust mop all composite floors (with chemically treated dust mop)
• Spot mop composite floors with all-purpose cleaner
• Vacuum carpet
• Spot clean carpet to remove all stains, spills and soiled spots
• Vacuum walk-off mats
• Remove fingerprints from doors, frames, light switches, handles and railings

Weekly

• Replace all plastic lingers in waste receptacles
• Low dust all horizontal surfaces to hand height (60")
• Damp clean baseboards
• Dust all book shelves (books to remain in place)
• Damp clean windows

Monthly

• High dust above hand height horizontal surfaces, including shelves, moldings, pipes, ducts, heating outlets, etc. (reachable by 6 ft. ladder)

E. Cafeteria Area

Daily, as needed

• Remove trash from cafeteria area
• Clean during lunch periods (empty trash, and clean up spills)
• Sweep and mop
• Burnish composite floor, as needed

Semi-Annual

• Refinish all composite floors
• High dust above hand height horizontal surfaces, including shelves, ceiling, moldings, pipes, ducts, heating outlets, etc. (reachable by 6 ft. ladder)

F. Common Areas (Lobbies/Foyers/Corridors/Stairs/Elevators)

Daily, as needed

• Spot clean interior glass partitions and doors
• Clean and sanitize water fountains
• Dust interior window ledges
• Dust mop composite floors
• Spot mop composite floors with all –purse cleaner
• Vacuum carpet
• Spot clean carpet to remove all stains, spills and soiled spots
• Vacuum walk-off mats
• Clean under entrance mats daily, inside and out